Walter Lyon
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Walter Scott Stuart Lyon (Trevelyan
1887 – 8 May 1915)
Son of Walter F. K. and Isabella R. Lyon, of Tantallon Lodge, North Berwick
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One of the war poets. He was one of five brothers from North Berwick, Scotland, three of whom were killed in the war and one died at Haileybury
. Walter went to Balliol College, Oxford and a career as a Scottish Advocate.
He volunteered for the 9th Battalion Royal Scots before the war and was sent to Belgium in February 1915, to the trenches near Glencose Wood outside Ypres
. He served as a lieutenant. Soon after he wrote two poems, Easter at Ypres and Lines Written in a Fire Trench. A few weeks later while the Second Battle of Ypres
was at its fiercest, he wrote two more poems, On a Grave in a Trench, which he inscribed "English killed for Patrie", and I Tracked a Dead Man Down a Trench.
In early May Walter Lyon and the Royal Scots were in dugouts in Potijze Wood near the Menin Road, just 200 yards from the firing line. The shelling was so fierce that trees were torn up by the roots and the tops sliced by shrapnel. The stream of wounded from the wood was continuous and Walter Lyon was among the dead. A collection of his poems was published in 1916 and two are included in an anthology of Public School War Poetry called "A Deep Cry" published in 1993.
No known grave. Name listed on the Menin Gate in Ypres, panel 11.
Trevelyan
Trevelyan is a Cornish surname derived from a Cornish place meaning "Village of Elian".-People:* Sir John Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, English MP* Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Baronet, British MP* Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, British civil servant...
1887 – 8 May 1915)
Son of Walter F. K. and Isabella R. Lyon, of Tantallon Lodge, North Berwick
North Berwick
The Royal Burgh of North Berwick is a seaside town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, approximately 25 miles east of Edinburgh. North Berwick became a fashionable holiday resort in the 19th century because of its two sandy bays, the East Bay and the...
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One of the war poets. He was one of five brothers from North Berwick, Scotland, three of whom were killed in the war and one died at Haileybury
Haileybury and Imperial Service College
Haileybury and Imperial Service College, , is a prestigious British independent school founded in 1862. The school is located at Hertford Heath, near Hertford, from central London, on of parkland occupied until 1858 by the East India College...
. Walter went to Balliol College, Oxford and a career as a Scottish Advocate.
He volunteered for the 9th Battalion Royal Scots before the war and was sent to Belgium in February 1915, to the trenches near Glencose Wood outside Ypres
Ypres
Ypres is a Belgian municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Ypres and the villages of Boezinge, Brielen, Dikkebus, Elverdinge, Hollebeke, Sint-Jan, Vlamertinge, Voormezele, Zillebeke, and Zuidschote...
. He served as a lieutenant. Soon after he wrote two poems, Easter at Ypres and Lines Written in a Fire Trench. A few weeks later while the Second Battle of Ypres
Second Battle of Ypres
The Second Battle of Ypres was the first time Germany used poison gas on a large scale on the Western Front in the First World War and the first time a former colonial force pushed back a major European power on European soil, which occurred in the battle of St...
was at its fiercest, he wrote two more poems, On a Grave in a Trench, which he inscribed "English killed for Patrie", and I Tracked a Dead Man Down a Trench.
In early May Walter Lyon and the Royal Scots were in dugouts in Potijze Wood near the Menin Road, just 200 yards from the firing line. The shelling was so fierce that trees were torn up by the roots and the tops sliced by shrapnel. The stream of wounded from the wood was continuous and Walter Lyon was among the dead. A collection of his poems was published in 1916 and two are included in an anthology of Public School War Poetry called "A Deep Cry" published in 1993.
No known grave. Name listed on the Menin Gate in Ypres, panel 11.
External links
- CWGC :: Casualty Details at www.cwgc.org
- Remembrance at www.members.tripod.com
- http://www.oldpoetry.com/oauthor/show/Walter_Lyon