Private 112819 Joseph Tyrer

(Photo courtesy of Prescot Roll Of Honour)

Regiment/Unit: Tank Corps - 12th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 01692, Royal Army Veterinary Corps.

Age at death: 24
Date of death: 8th of October 1918 (Tuesday)
Born: Rainhill, Lancs
Resided: Rainhill, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Marcoing British Cemetery - II. B. 26.

BMD details:
Marriage: 20/06/1917 Joseph TYRER to Annie TAYLOR at Prescot St Mary.

Family details:
Widow: Annie.

Census details:
1901 - 7 years old Joseph is living at Stoney Lane Farm, Rainhill with parents John (51), Esther (49) and seven siblings: Rhoda (22), Phebe (21), William T (19), John Y (17), James P (15), Ruth (13), Andrew C (11). 1911 - Sees 17 years old 'Auctioneers Clerk' Joseph living at Stoney Lane Farm, Rainhill with widowed mother Esther (59) and seven siblings: Rhoda (32), Phebe (31), William Thomas (29), John George (27), James Nathen (25), Ruth (23), Andrew Charles (21).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=50]Remembered on St Anne's War Memorial, Rainhill[/url] Joseph is also commemorated on [url=http://www.prescot-rollofhonour.info/casualty-308-Joseph_Tyrer.html]Prescot Roll Of Honour[/url] Age taken from census.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/112819JosephTyrer.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/Tyrer_J_1.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/Tyrer_J_2.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Private Joseph Tyrer at Rainhill (St.Ann's) Churchyard (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/J_Tyrer_Tanks.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Joseph Tyrer at Marcoing British Cemetery (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]