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Horace Keith Lyle

In memory of:

Flying Officer Horace Keith Lyle

December 8, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/17894

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

181 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of Hugh Henry Lyle, and of Mildred McLaughlin Lyle, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 369 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

3. D. 3.

Location:

Sage is a village 24 km south of Oldenburg, a town 43 km west of Bremen and 28 km north of the main road from Bremen to Holland. The cemetery lies 2 km south of the village on the west side of the road to Osnabruck. From the A1 Bremen/Munster motorway visitors should leave at the Wildeshousen Nord junction and take 213 following signs for Alhorn and Oldenburg. After 8 km and immediately after the village of Alhorn turn right at the roundabout and follow signs for Oldenburg along the Oldenburgerstrasse. The cemetery lies on the left hand side of the road 4 km from Alhorn.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Letter– Letter from S/L of 181 Squadron outlining circumstances of Lyle's death.  LAC, Ottawa
  • Circumstances of death– Memo of circumstances of Lyle's death.  LAC, Ottawa
  • Photo of Horace 'Keith' Lyle– LAC, Ottawa
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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