Name Graham Thomson Lyall No.
VC Issue No. 1096 Awards VC
Regiment Canadian Expeditionary Force, 102nd Battalion, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Colonel
Place Of Birth Manchester, Lancashire, England
Place Of Death Near Mersa Matruh, Egypt
Buried/Location Ashes Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, 10 miles east of Libyan border, Egypt
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot XIX, Row B, Grave 2
Gazetted 14 December 1918
VC Presented 15 March 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, 10 miles east of Libyan border, Egypt
P Named on Family Headstone, New Monkland Cemetery, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
P Named on Lectern, High Church, Bridge Street, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
P Named on War Memorial, Centenary Avenue, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial Arch, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
P Named on Masonic VC Memorial, Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London
P Victoria Cross Memorial, York Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
P Named on Memorial Bench, Ulster Tower, Thiepval, France
P Memorial Plaque, Nr Canadian Memorial, Bourlon Church, France
P Memorial Plaque, Lake Street Armoury, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
P Memorial Plaque, City Hall, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
P Colonel Lyall Street, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
P Plaque on Memorial Bench, Beatty Street Armoury, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
By The Way…
Called up for service for the Second World War, he served in North Africa, acting Colonel in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, he was killed in Egypt
VC Held By
Corps of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Museum of Technology, Isaac Newton Road, Arborfield, Reading, Berkshire, England
