Roll of Honour

Roll of Honour

Lyon, Charles Anthony

Rank: Flight Lieutenant

Regiment: Royal Air Force

Biography: Son of Major Charles George Lyon and Anna Dorothy Lyon (nee Scott), Whitley Bridge, Yorkshire ; born Leeds, 1923 ; educated at Uppingham School. He entered the Royal Air Force in 1941, and attended a Cadets' course at the University before going to America for training. On his return he became a pilot with Bomber Command, and lost his life in March 1944 when flying a Pathfinder in a raid on Nuremberg.

Date of Death: March 1944

Burial Details: Buried at Hanover War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 4. G. 3-5

Publication: Roll of Remembrance. Published 1952.


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