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Military service
Service number:
715094
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Birth:
December 4, 1896
Enlistment:
Truro, Nova Scotia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of McCully and Lilly Bryson, of Hilden, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia. His brother Lieutenant Elmer Bryson was also killed and is buried at Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Lyle Whidden Bryson
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Photo of Lyle Whidden Bryson
Pvt. Lyle Whidden Bryson 25th Battalion, Royal Canadian Army Enlisted on his 18th birthday, December 4, 1915. Killed in action at Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917 at the age of 20 years. His body was never recovered. The monument at Vimy Ridge serves as a grave marker. -
Photo of Lyle Bryson
In Memory of those who served in the 106th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
106th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles
In Memory of those who served in the 106th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Lyle Whidden Bryson
Digital gallery of
Private Lyle Whidden Bryson
Digital gallery of
Private Lyle Whidden Bryson
Digital gallery of
Private Lyle Whidden Bryson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 209 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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