A plural subject requires a plural object (lives), accordingly a singular subject requires a singular object (life). They can be used to mean one person or several people, however. So, if your intention is to refer to an individual who lost his or her life whilst saving the lives of more than one others, then the second is correct and the first incorrect. They is singular in this context, so ...
Many individuals lost their individual life. or Many individuals list their individual lives. Each person has one life right?
grammatical number - "Many lost their life" or "Many lost their lives ...
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Dorothy Amundson, 86, formerly of Grafton, N.D. died Tuesday, Apr. 7, in Valley Senior Living on 42nd. A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00PM on Friday, , at Amundson ...
Here are thousands of instances of "our life is short", and I seriously doubt many of them are specific to the lives of, say, a couple living together. It's perfectly normal to refer to human lives collectively in the singular.
When to use "lives" as a plural of life? - English Language & Usage ...