South Yorkshire Times, October 3, 1942.
Believed Killed
Flight Sergeant. Thomas Leo Lyons (27), son of Mrs. Lyons and the late Mr. P. Lyons, of 38, Beech Road, Wath, was reported missing on the 31st, is now reported missing, believed killed.
A wireless operator air gunner, flight Sergeant Lyons had made 31 operational flights. He is an old pupil of Wath St Joseph R. C. and Mexborough secondary schools.
From C.W.G.C.:
FLIGHT SERGEANT THOMAS LEO LYONS
Service Number: 624994
Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Air Force
Date of Death Died 31 May 1942
Age 27 years old
Buried or commemorated at CHARLEROI COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Row V. Grave 13., Belgium
Additional Info
Son of Patrick and Mary Ellen Lyons, of Wath-on-Dearne, Yorkshire.
Personal Inscription
ON WHOSE SOUL, SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY. R.I.P.