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Three: Private T. Lynn, 2nd Battalion, Royal Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in action...
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Three: Private T. Lynn, 2nd Battalion, Royal Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in action at Frezenberg, 8 May 1915
1914 Star, with clasp (1810 Pte T. Lynn.. R. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1810 Pte. T. Lynn. R. Lanc. R.) minor edge bruising, therefore very fine (3) £100-£140
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Thomas Lynn was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Lancashire Regiment on the Western Front from 1 November 1914. Private Lynn was killed in action on the Western Front, 8 May 1915. On the latter date the Battalion was in action at Frezenberg:
‘Took over trenches in front of Frezenberg 4th. War Diary records that at 7am 8th, the trenches were blown in by shellfire. The enemy advancing later and capturing the front line. Received orders to retire to Potijze at 11.35am. Moved back to huts west of Ypres 9th. A report dated 11th May, and included with the War Diary, records that out of the sixteen officers present, only one was not killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Casualties among other ranks were ascertained to be 922.’ (British Battalions on the Western Front, January to June 1915 by R. Westlake refers)
Private Lynn is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
1914 Star, with clasp (1810 Pte T. Lynn.. R. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1810 Pte. T. Lynn. R. Lanc. R.) minor edge bruising, therefore very fine (3) £100-£140
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Thomas Lynn was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Lancashire Regiment on the Western Front from 1 November 1914. Private Lynn was killed in action on the Western Front, 8 May 1915. On the latter date the Battalion was in action at Frezenberg:
‘Took over trenches in front of Frezenberg 4th. War Diary records that at 7am 8th, the trenches were blown in by shellfire. The enemy advancing later and capturing the front line. Received orders to retire to Potijze at 11.35am. Moved back to huts west of Ypres 9th. A report dated 11th May, and included with the War Diary, records that out of the sixteen officers present, only one was not killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Casualties among other ranks were ascertained to be 922.’ (British Battalions on the Western Front, January to June 1915 by R. Westlake refers)
Private Lynn is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
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Three: Private T. Lynn, 2nd Battalion, Royal Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in action at Frezenberg, 8 May 1915
1914 Star, with clasp (1810 Pte T. Lynn.. R. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1810 Pte. T. Lynn. R. Lanc. R.) minor edge bruising, therefore very fine (3) £100-£140
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Thomas Lynn was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Lancashire Regiment on the Western Front from 1 November 1914. Private Lynn was killed in action on the Western Front, 8 May 1915. On the latter date the Battalion was in action at Frezenberg:
‘Took over trenches in front of Frezenberg 4th. War Diary records that at 7am 8th, the trenches were blown in by shellfire. The enemy advancing later and capturing the front line. Received orders to retire to Potijze at 11.35am. Moved back to huts west of Ypres 9th. A report dated 11th May, and included with the War Diary, records that out of the sixteen officers present, only one was not killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Casualties among other ranks were ascertained to be 922.’ (British Battalions on the Western Front, January to June 1915 by R. Westlake refers)
Private Lynn is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
1914 Star, with clasp (1810 Pte T. Lynn.. R. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1810 Pte. T. Lynn. R. Lanc. R.) minor edge bruising, therefore very fine (3) £100-£140
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Thomas Lynn was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Lancashire Regiment on the Western Front from 1 November 1914. Private Lynn was killed in action on the Western Front, 8 May 1915. On the latter date the Battalion was in action at Frezenberg:
‘Took over trenches in front of Frezenberg 4th. War Diary records that at 7am 8th, the trenches were blown in by shellfire. The enemy advancing later and capturing the front line. Received orders to retire to Potijze at 11.35am. Moved back to huts west of Ypres 9th. A report dated 11th May, and included with the War Diary, records that out of the sixteen officers present, only one was not killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Casualties among other ranks were ascertained to be 922.’ (British Battalions on the Western Front, January to June 1915 by R. Westlake refers)
Private Lynn is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
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