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| File Reference |
2D61
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| Name |
Charles Gyles |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
27 Bachelors Walk, Dundalk
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| County |
Louth
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Notes |
Date of birth not on file. According to abstract from attestation form Charles Gyles was 24 on joining the National Army.
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| Date of death |
1922-12-01
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| Place |
Louth County Infirmary, Dundalk, County Louth
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| Associated files in MSPA |
D44;
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| Related files |
14816 subject's National Army service number
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Private
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| Brigade |
Machine Gun Corps
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| National Army Service Number |
14816
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
DADependant's allowance
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyW2D61CharlesGyles.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWD44CharlesGyles.pdf |
| File dates |
29 December 1922 - 2 September 1938
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Elizabeth Gyles's receipt of a dependents' allowance under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in respect of her son National Army Private 14816 Charles Gyles. File also relates to Elizabeth Gyles receipt of a dependents' allowance from army funds to cover the period between 19 August 1922 and 27 October 1923.
Private Charles Gyles died on 1 December 1922 from wounds received by him in a shooting on 30 November 1922 on Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk during the Civil War. Gyles was shot by two men believed to be 'Irregulars' (IRA). It is stated on file that J. Mulholland, Quay Street, Dundalk and "Hick" Heaney, The Courts, Dundalk were found guilty of Charles Gyles' murder by the Coroner's Jury - date of this verdict not on file. However according to Colonel Aodh MacNeill, D.A.A.G. Dublin Command in a letter dated 31 May 1923 to the Assistant Adjutant General (2), the "...considered opinion is that Heaney and Mulholland were scouts for the party who murdered Giles (sic)...". There is no evidence on file that a case against these individuals was ever brought before either a civil or military court. Charles Gyles had served with the 12 Lancers, British Army for a time prior to attesting for the National Army in August 1922 and had served in Intelligence with the National Forces before joining the Machine Gun section.
File includes: signed handwritten letters (4 April - 9 May 1923) from Mrs C. Bonner and Robert Gyles, sister and brother of Charles Gyles, regarding the murder of their brother Charles Gyles, a statement which Charles Gyles is alleged to have made identifying his killers shortly before his death, the identity of his killers, and the failure to prosecute anyone for the murder of their brother Charles Gyles; typed signed reports of 18 April and 31 May 1923 from Colonel Aodh MacNeill, D.A.A.G. Dublin Command to the Assistant Adjutant General (2) regarding the circumstances of Private Charles Gyles death, witnesses to his shooting, the possible identity of his killers, and the possibility of successfully prosecuting anyone for his murder; material relating to Private Charles Gyles National Army service record; material relating to Garda Síochána investigations into the circumstances and means of the Gyles family and the degree of dependency of Elizabeth Gyles on her son prior to his death; and material relating to the settlement and closure of Elizabeth Gyles dependents' allowance account following her death on 14 July 1938.
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