Private
William Lynn
Military Details
Service Number: 4006
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Border Regiment
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Maryport
Residence at Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd
Service Number at Enlistment
4006
Personal Details
Date of Birth
April 1892
Place of Birth
Whitehaven
Religion
R.C.
Residence (Census)
73 Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor
Parents
Thomas and Susannah Lynn
Siblings
Jane Ellen, Nicholas Thomas,Mary Eliza,John, James, Ada
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Blast Furnace Labourer
Work Address
Whitehaven Haematite Iron and Steel Co., Cleator Moor
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
12th March 1915
Age at Death
23
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Lens
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of Neuve Chappelle
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd
Rank at Death
Private
Buried or Commemorated at
LE TOURET MEMORIAL
France
Grave Position: Panel 19 and 20.
Private Memorial: St Marys RC church WW1 memorial
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