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File Reference 2D250
Name Joseph Lawlor
Gender male
Maiden/Other names Lalor
Address detail
Street Clonminch, Tullamore
County Offaly
Country Ireland
Address detail
Street Gloncon, Tullamore
County Offaly
Country Ireland
Date of birth 1895
Place Offaly
Date of death 1922-09-08
Place County Sligo
Associated files in MSPA D48
Easter rising service No
Organisation Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces
Rank Private
Pension Claim No
Award Pension Yes
Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 Yes
Type of Award PDAPartial dependant's allowance
Notes Teresa Lawlor awarded an allowance of 15 shillings per week from 1 April 1924.
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copy2D250 Joseph Lawlor.pdf
Scanned/digital copyD48 Joseph Lawlor.pdf
File dates 4 October 1922 - 27 June 1953
Subject Information File relates to Teresa Lawlor’s application under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of the death of her son Joseph Lawlor who was accidentally killed in a vehicular accident on 8 September 1922 while travelling between Ballisodare and Sligo. Claimed in file that Lawlor joined the British Army in 1914 and demobilised in December [1921]. Lawlor joined the National Forces on 15 July 1922. Copy letter from Commandant W Donnelly to Commandant M Walsh dated 16 October 1922 in which he states that Lawlor had another brother [unnamed] who was a member of the IRA and on the run "and I believe that this fellow was in the attacking party on our troops, on the way home, from burying his brother (Joseph)." File contains: report from an Garda Síochána detailing Teresa Lawlor’s circumstances and dependency on deceased at the time of his death; material relating to payment of balance of allowance to her daughter; certified copy of death certificate for Teresa Lawlor; material relating to family partly closed.