Captain William Thomas Lyons

Regiment: 10th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Date published: 09/06/1916
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 03/03/1916
Age at death: 35
Cemetery: Spoilbank Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Plot: I. M. 3.
Information: Captain William Thomas Lyons, 10th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action in France, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William Lyons, 21 Kersland Drive, Strandtown, Belfast. He was educated at the Methodist College, Belfast, and Royal School, Dungannon. On the outbreak of the war he applied for a Commission, and was gazetted to the 10th (Service) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was later promoted Captain, and in September was appointed Adjutant of the Battalion.
Additional information: Mentioned in Despatches Son of Martha Lyons, of 21, Kerrsland Drive, Strandtown, Belfast, and the late William Lyons.