Private 20159 Walter Tierney

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 11th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 06/11/1915

Age at death: 20
Date of death: 19th of December 1916 (Tuesday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery Saulty - IV. E. 3.

Family details:
Next-of-kin and address from service record: Mr James Tierney (father), 23 York Street, St Helens.

Census details:
1901 - 5 years old Walter is living at 161 Dentons Green Lane, St Helens with parents James (35), Jane (31) and three siblings: Ernest (7), Austin (3), Margery (1). 1911 Census - Walter was a 15 year old Apprentice Bottle Blower living at 23, York Street, St Helens with parents James (44), Jane (40) and six siblings: Ernest (17), Austin (13), Albert (9), Harold (6), Alice (4), Jane (1).

Notes:
Died of Shell Wounds to abdomen and legs.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Tierney_W_20159_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/OShaughnessy_P6348_RMF.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/W_Tierney_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Walter Tierney at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty (Photograph courtesy of R Houghton)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_ext/LoweHouseMem5.jpg[/pic] [caption]Walter is remembered on the [url=lmem.php?lmem=10]Lowe House Memorial[/url][/caption]