In Memory of
T. M. LYONS
Private
41195
4th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment
who died on
Wednesday, 28th August 1918. Age 30.
| Additional Information: |
Son of Thomas and Phoebe Lyons, of Hillesley,
Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. |
Commemorative Information
| Cemetery: |
BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT, Somme,
France |
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: |
VI. E. 30.
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| Location: |
Gezaincourt is a village in the Department of
the Somme, situated 2 kilometres to the south-west of the town of
Doullens, and Bagneux British Cemetery lies to the south of the village.
There is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission signpost in Gezaincourt
village opposite the "Chateau" entrance.
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| Historical Information: |
The Cemetery was begun in April, 1918 after
the close of the German offensive in Picardy. At the end of March, the
3rd, 29th and 56th Casualty Clearing Stations had come to Gezaincourt;
they were joined for a short time in April by the 45th, and they
remained until September. The 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital, in the
Citadel at Doullens, also buried in this Cemetery in May and June, 1918,
and the 2nd Canadian Division in April and May. There are now just under
1,400, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. The bombing
raid over Doullens on the 30th May, 1918 is recalled by the graves in
Plot III, Row A, as well as by the memorials erected to two officers
whose graves in the Cemetery cannot now be found. The cemetery covers an
area of 3,514 square metres |
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