Private 31453 Charles Tierney
Regiment/Unit: York and Lancaster Regiment - 2nd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 2295, S Lance Regt.
Age at death: 37
Date of death: 12th of October 1916
Born: Blackbrook, St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Thiepval Memorial - Pier and Face 14 A and 14 B.
BMD details:
Marriage: 2nd Qtr 1905 Charles Tierney to Mary Fogg at Prescot, Lancashire. Vol 8b - Page 1211.
Family details:
Next-of-kin from service papers: Mrs Mary Tierney (wife), 19 Napier Street, St Helens.
Census details:
Not identified before 1911. 1911 - Sees 32 years old 'Coal Miner Hewer' Charles living at 27 Napier Street, St Helens with wife Mary (25) and son Charles (3). Also at the address is boarder / brother in law [cas=2190]Walter Fogg[/cas] (21).
Notes:
[note=185]Two Tierney Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Brothers in law [cas=2190]Walter Fogg[/cas] & [cas=1395]Isaac Watkinson[/cas] also fell.
[note=185]Two Tierney Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Brothers in law [cas=2190]Walter Fogg[/cas] & [cas=1395]Isaac Watkinson[/cas] also fell.
[pic]imgs/WW1_people/Tierney_family.jpg[/pic][caption]The Tierney family & Isaac Watkinson
Image from The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy of Ste M. [/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/C_Tierney_YandL.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Charles Tierney on the Thiepval Memorial
(Photographs courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
