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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 37

China 1900 (Pte. A. Lyall. Shanghai Vols.), good very fine

Provenance:
Spink, July 2004.

Archibald Lyall was born on 18 February 1877 at Glasgow and was a member of the Shanghai Volunteers for some three and a half years - including during the Boxer Rebellion (Medal without clasp) - whilst also working as an Assistant in the Drawing Officer of the Potung Works of Farnham, Boyd & Company. He latterly returned to his native Scotland and the Lyall Brothers Company, rivet manufacturers.

With the outbreak of the Great War, he was commissioned Lieutenant in September 1914, alongside his brother James Lyall. Both served in the 15th Battalion (1st Glasgow Tramways), Highland Light Infantry and served in France from 23 November 1915 (1914-15 Star Trio). His unit would share in the Somme Offensive and were at Crucifix Corner by 1 July - Archibald with 'B' Company and James with 'D' Company. Archibald was killed in action by a sniper on 3 July 1916, his brother also falling in the action. They are buried alongside one another in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension. His son, Pilot Officer Pat Lyall, would serve in the Battle of Britain and was killed on 28 November 1940.

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Estimate
£500 to £700

Starting price
£450