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| File Reference |
2D90
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| Name |
Frederick Hamilton Lidwell |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
6 Corrig Avenue, Dun Laoghaire
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Notes |
Date of birth not on file
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| Date of death |
1922-12-22
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| Place |
Military Barracks, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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| Associated files in MSPA |
577/12; FA3; 2D90 Substitute File;
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| Civilian occupation |
Solicitor's Apprentice;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
6 Battalion
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| Company |
Dalkey Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Andrew McDonnell;
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Captain
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
OTHOther
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| Notes |
Partial dependents' gratuity
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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 copyW2D90FrederickHamiltonLidwell.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW2D90(SubstituteFile)FrederickHamiltonLidwell.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW577_12FrederickHamiltonLidwell.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWFA3FrederickHamiltonLidwell.pdf |
| File dates |
8 January 1923 - 1 January 1944
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Josephine Lidwell's receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £150 (one hundred and fifty pounds sterling) under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 and a further extra statutory payment of £150 in respect of her son National Army Captain Frederick Hamilton Lidwell.
Captain Frederick Lidwell died from gunshot wound to the head accidentally received in Kilkenny Barracks, County Kilkenny on 22 December 1922 during the Civil War. Prior to joining the National Army Frederick Lidwell had served with the Irish Volunteers and IRA from [1918 to 1922] and acted as Registrar of the Dún Laoghaire District Court (Republican).
File includes: typed copy of transcript of proceedings and findings of enquiry into the death of Captain Lidwell held at Kilkenny Barracks - date of hearings not on file; typed statement of claim by Josephine Lidwell for compensation arising out of the death of her son dated 25 January 1923; handwritten statements and letters signed and submitted by Josephine Lidwell in support of her application and appeals; signed typed legal opinion from [M. A. Lorgan], Chief State Solicitor's Department dated 23 May 1923 regarding the question of whether there is any legal liability on the Army or the soldier who fired the shot which killed Captain Lidwell; material relating to Dublin Metropolitan Police, Garda Síochána and the Office of the Commissioner of Police, London investigations into the circumstances and means of the Lidwell family and the degree of dependency of Josephine Lidwell on her son at the time of his death; handwritten copy of letter of sympathy dated 27 December 1922 from Cahir Davitt, Judge Advocate General to Josephine Lidwell following the death of her son; original handwritten and typed initialled and signed and copy typed memoranda and correspondence involving officials of the Office of the President of the Executive, the departments of Defence and Finance and the Army Finance Office regarding Josephine Lidwell's application and subsequent appeals; material referring to Josephine Lidwell's emigration to England and the United States of America; and material relating to the posthumous award of a Service (1917-1921) Medal to Frederick Hamilton Lidwell - unclear from the file if the medal was ever received by Frederick Lidwell's relatives.
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