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Although it is known that Corporal John Lyons VC died on the 20th April 1867, in Naas, Co Kildare, his burial location within the area could not be determined. Now, after much work caried out by John Gibson, a genealogy researcher in Ireland, it has been discovered that John Lyons VC was buried in the Abbey Cemetery, beside the Abbey Bridge and the Grand Canal in Naas. Abbey Cemetery gets its name as it is located within the ruins of a former Augustinian monastry that was founded in the 14th Century. The next stage of the research is to discover the exact plot within the cemetery where John Lyons VC was buried. John Lyons joined the 19th Regiment, aged 18 years and 6 months, on the 11 July 1842. The Regiment saw service in locatons all over the world until it was sent to the Crimea where John Lyons saw action at the Alma, Inkermann and subsequently at Sebastopol where he earned his Victoria Cross on the 10th June 1855. John Lyons VC went before a Medical Review Board on the 6th December 1862 the outcome "his discharge is proposed in consequence of his being unfit for further miliary service". After receiving medical care at Netley Hospital, Southampton, he received his discharge on the 14th July 1863 and his intended residence was stated as Ireland ( Naas, Co Kildare ). |
Iain Stewart, 11 September 2023