OF-DKLD-0044

Record Date: 
22 August 2015
Graveyard: 
Dunkerrin Old Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

In Loving Memory

of

GEORGE ARMSTRONG LUCAS

Sergeant in BATT Royal Irish Rifles

MM 1914 -15 STAR

Aged 22 years

Only son of ROBERT and JANE LUCAS

and Grandson of ARMSTRONG HAYES

of Myrtle Grove

Killed in Action

Missines Ridge France

2nd Oct 1918

Erected by his Father

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Offaly
Latitude: 
52.914830555556
Longitude: 
-7.9100222222222
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Sergent in Batt Royal Irish Rifles
Name: 
George Armstrong
Surname: 
Lewis
Date of death - day: 
2
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1918
Age: 
22
Address: 
Myrtle Grove
Name: 
Robert
Surname: 
Lucas
Relationship with first person: 
father
Name: 
Jane
Surname: 
Lucas
Relationship with first person: 
Mother
Name: 
Armstrong
Surname: 
Hayes
Address: 
Myrtle Grove
Relationship with first person: 
grandfather
Notes: 

WW1 Soldier of Royal Irish Rifles

Military Headstone Gun and Bayonett on top of headstone