Jan-Mar Quarter
Registered as a child aged 11 living 44 Cory Street, Ryhope with his parents David aged 39 Coal Miner & Elizabeth aged 34
The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916. The memorial also serves as an Anglo-French Battle Memorial in recognition of the joint nature of the 1916 offensive and a small cemetery containing equal numbers of Commonwealth and French graves lies at the foot of the memorial. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was built between 1928 and 1932 and unveiled by the Prince of Wales, in the presence of the President of France, on 31 July 1932. The dead of other Commonwealth countries who died on the Somme and have no known graves are commemorated on national memorials elsewhere.
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION
LEMON, DAVID
Rank Private
Service No. 42728:
Death 16/09/1916
Regiment Durham Light Infantry
Nationality United Kingdom
Grave Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C.
Cemetery THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
