English: Close-up of memorial to W.T.Wyllie, in Portsmouth Cathedral. This bronze is a work by William Robert Colton.
The inscription behind Colton's bronze reads-"IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE SECOND SON OF WILLIAM LIONEL AND MARION AMY WYLLIE 2ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY KILLED IN ACTION AT MONTAUBAN ON THE 19TH JULY 1916 WHILST ACTING AS BRIGADE MAJOR AND BURIED MAMETZ CEMETERY HE LEAVES A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN." W.T.Wyllie was killed during the Battle of the Somme and his regiment was part of the 18th Brigade of the 6th Division. He is buried in DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ, SOMME in grave VIII.F.9. He was the son of William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931) the marine artist.
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