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Military service
Service number:
10214
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Death:
June 17, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Brother of Sergeant Charles Rupert Lyall, who died during service with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Richard Lawton Lyall
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Biography
From The War Book of Upper Canada College, edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War. -
Memorial Tablet
Richard Lawton Lyall is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Globe for 7 July 1915. -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Lawton Lyall
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Lawton Lyall
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Lawton Lyall
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Lawton Lyall
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Lawton Lyall
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Lawton Lyall
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Lawton Lyall
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Lawton Lyall
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Lawton Lyall
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 25 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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