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Name
Roll of Individuals Entitled to the Decoration.
Description
Roll of Individuals Entitled to the Decoration granted under Army Order 20 of 1919, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Life Story
Name: Robert Lyons.
Service Number: 3496.
Rank: Private.
Battalion: 1st Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Born: Scotland.
Died: 21st July 1915.
Address: 101 Cambria Street, Belfast
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Robert Lyons, son of Alexander and Annie Lyons, lived with his wife and child at 101 Cambria Street, Shankill, Belfast
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Robert had married Martha Lyons, Nee McNeilly, on the 18th June 1908 within Christ Church, Church Of Ireland, Church, Belfast. They went on to have a son, Alexander, born on the 24th May 1909.
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Robert signed the Ulster Covenant on the 28th of September 1912, Ulster Day, within Belfast City Hall
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Robert joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
He was posted as part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on the 26th July 1915.
Robert was a Private in 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was Killed In Action on the 21st August 1915 aged 28 years.
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A local newspaper states
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News is anxiously awaited as to the fate of Private Robert Lyons (3496), 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was reported missing at the Dardanelles on August 21. Any information will be thankfully received by his wife, who resides at 101 Cambria Street, or his mother, at 20 Berlin Street, Belfast.
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Roberts Soldiers Effects were left to his widow.
A Dependant Pension Application Form shows his widow as claimant for her and their child
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Robert received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914-1915 Star.
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He is Remembered at Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
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Classification
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