Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private John Lyon, Northamptonshire Regiment, killed in action, 10 February 1915.

British War and Victory Medals (7487 Pte., North’n. R.); Memorial Plaque (John Lyon) good very fine (3) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of medals awarded to those having the surname 'Lyon'.

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John Lyon was born in Leighton, Huntingdonshire and enlisted at Kettering, Northamptonshire. Serving with the 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 13 August 1914. He was killed in action on 10 February 1915. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial. With copied m.i.c. showing the award of the 1914 Star and clasp.