Charles Henry Lyell [SEP] cause of death
On the outbreak of the First World War, he was gazetted a captain in the Fife Royal Garrison Artillery, and in May 1915 made a major in the Highland Battery of the Fife RGA.
Death.
Charles Henry Lyell died on 18 October 1918 of pneumonia while serving as Assistant Military Attaché to the USA, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Lyell is commemorated on Panel 1 of the Parliamentary War Memorial in Westminster Hall, one of 22 MPs that died during World War I to be named on that memorial
. A further act of commemoration came with the unveiling in 1932 of a manuscript-style illuminated book of remembrance for the House of Commons, which includes a short biographical account of the life and death of Lyell.
References.
- "LYELL, Hon. Charles Henry", in
- Obituary in "The Times", p. 5, 19 October 1918