Born in Kensington in 1873 – birth registered in fourth quarter - “The St Ives Times” reports Arthur as staying in the town in July 1914, having arrived from Paris, and described him as a "medalist of the Salon", after receiving a medal for a painting in 1909. He joined the British Red Cross when war broke out, but was later seconded into the Army as an administrator.
Arthur's painting of a Red Cross nurse in a garden was painted while he was recovering from an illness at Osborne convalescent home during the First World War. He joined the British Red Cross when war broke out, but was later seconded into the Army as an administrator.
https://vad.redcross.org.uk/Card?fname=Arthur+&sname=Lyons&id=139204&first=true&last=true
https://museumandarchives.redcross.org.uk/objects/10091
