Thom's Irish Who's Who/Reed, Major-General Hamilton Lyster

REED, Major-General Hamilton Lyster, V.C., C.B., C.M.G.: late R.A.; s. of late Sir Andrew Reed, K.C.B., C.V.O., I.-G., R.I.C., and Elizabeth Mary, only dau. of Hamilton Lyster, of Croghan, Parsonstown; b. 1869; m. 1911, Marjorie Eleanor, dau. of late Theodore Olive, of The Cedars, Datchit; one son and two daus,; entered R.A. from Royal Military Academy, 1888; Capt., 1898; Major, 1904; South African War, 1899-1902 (wounded, despatches three times, V.C., Queen's Medal, 6 clasps, King's medal, 2 clasps): P.S.C, 1905: General Staff, Army Headquarters, 1906-10; Staff Officer to Inspector-General Oversea Forces, 1910-11: Military Attaché with Turkish Army, Balkan War, 1912-13; European War, 1914-18, wounded, despatches eight times: C.M.G.: Brevet-Colonel, 1915: C.B.; Major-General, 1919: commanded 15th (Scottish) Division, 1917-19; Legion of Honour (Croix de Commandeur), Croix de Guerre. Club: Naval and Military.