Alnwick Gazette Almanack
Menin Gate
Morpeth Herald 21/05/1915 carries a brief obituary:
Word has been received by Mr. E. Lyons that his son, Pte. F. Lyons, has been killed in action. Mr Lyons received the following communication from Captain H.R. Smail, 7th Northumberland Fusiliers:- “It is with great regret I have to inform you of the death of your son, No.2295, Pte. F. Lyons, No.1 Coy., 7th N.F. He was in the first place posted as missing, but we have now definite information of his death. Please accept my deepest sympathy in your loss”. Pte. Lyons, who was 31 years of age, was well known in the north. He enlisted at Felton, and went into the firing line three weeks ago, the official notification of his death being received on the 15th inst. He was well known in football circles as a goalkeeper, and in cricket as a wicket-keeper – in fact, he took a great interest in all kinds of sport. The Rev. G.A. Brown, vicar of Felton, made a sympathetic reference to the deceased soldier at the close of his sermon on Sunday evening. Before enlisting, Pte. Lyons was employed at the Co-operative Store, Felton.
Fred Lyons is remembered in Morpeth on M17.01, M17.09 and M17.29, in Felton on F14.01, F14.02, in the Alnwick Gazette Almanack, and in the Regimental History
