Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Horace Keith Lyle
In memory of:
Flying Officer Horace Keith Lyle
December 8, 1944
Military Service
J/17894
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
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
SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Germany
3. D. 3.
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 -
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Circumstances of death – Memo of circumstances of Lyle's death. LAC, Ottawa -
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Photo of Horace 'Keith' Lyle – LAC, Ottawa -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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