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Arthur Cecil Darcy LYNES

Died : 10 Jul 1915
Rank : Second Lieutenant
Service no at death:
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Surname: LYNES
Forename: Arthur Cecil Darcy
Initials: A C D
Date of Birth 23 Mar 1888
Place of BirthWest Kington, Wiltshire
Place of Birth SourceAncestry
Address Percy House, Wimborne
Schools attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Employment / trade1911 Corporal in Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Place of work
Family (parents and grandparents)Son of the Rev. John and Mary Lynes, of Chalbury Rectory, Hinton Martel, Wimborne, Dorset. 9 siblings (1 died)
Spouse Name Mary
NotesTravelled from Quebec to London Sep 1914 on "Ruthemia". 3rd Class Rancher. Probate to his wife Mary £649-2s-2d
Regiment at call-upRoyal Berkshire Regiment
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-upSergeant
Service no at call-up8414
Date of attestation -
Date of call-up -
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Other rankSecond Lieutenant
Other service no
Service facts
Age at death27
Date of death 10 Jul 1915
Regiment at deathRoyal Berkshire Regiment
Battalion at death1st Bn.
Rank at deathSecond Lieutenant
Circumstances of death
Service no at death
Field of action at death
Place of death
Location of graveFirst DCLI Cemetery, The Bluff, near Ypres
PositionA. 18.
Other memorialsNamed on plaque within Wimborne Minster Queen Elizabeth School Memorial Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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