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Military service
Service number:
8414
Age:
27
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Division:
1st Battalion
Death:
July 10, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 18.
Additional information
Son of the Rev. John and Mary Lynes, of Hinton Martel, Wimborne, Dorset.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 567 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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FIRST D.C.L.I. CEMETERY, THE BLUFF Belgium
First DCLI Cemetery is located 4 km south east of Ieper town centre, on the Verbrandemolenstraat a road leading from the Komenseweg, connecting Ieper to Komen (N336). From Ieper town centre the Komenseweg is located via the Rijselsestraat, through the Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) and crossing the Ieper ring road, towards Armentieres and Lille. The road name then changes to Rijselseweg. 1 km along the Rijselseweg lies the left hand turning onto Komenseweg. 2.5 km along the Komenseweg lies the right hand turning onto the Vaartstraat. 900 metres along the Vaartstraat lies the left hand turning onto the Verbrandemolenstraat. 400 metres along the Verbrandemolenstraat a short distance from the road is the cemetery.
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