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• Name LYTHGOE
• Initials R
• First name RALPH
• Place of birth St. Georges
• Country Wigan, England
• Family Son of Mary Ellen Smith (formerly Lythgoe), of 8, Oxford St., Wigan, Lancs., and Thomas Lythgoe.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Wigan
• Service number 17729
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards
• Division - Brigade 1st (Guards) Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division Guards Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 22 January 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds to the back, n°17 CCS
• Date of death 1 April 1916
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery V - C - 25A

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