Thomas Lyster (British Army officer)
Thomas Lyster (5 July 1840, in County Kilkenny, Ireland – 17 August 1865, in HMS Tamar off Singapore) was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer of Royal Engineers best known as the aide to General Charles George Gordon during his Chinese service. He is also known because his brother[citation needed] posthumously published many of his letters.[1] He was educated at Kilkenny College before attending Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
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- ↑ Thomas Lyster, E. A. Lyster (editor). With Gordon in China: letters from Thomas Lyster, lieutenant Royal engineers, T.F. Unwin, 1891
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