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|Surname and forenames=Lyness William
|Army number=947515
|Rank=Gunner 
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|Age=24
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery.  Posted to 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Died as a PoW.
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|Prisoner of War=Yes.  Captured Singapore 15/2/1942
|Died/Killed in action=12/9/1944.
|Home address=Son of James and Annie Lyness of Bingley, Yorkshire.  Commemorated on the Singapore Memorial – Column 24.
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