Biography of Private James Tyler (29973)
7th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment
Formerly, Notts and Derby Regiment
Died 26th May 1917

Soldier

  • Name: James Tyler
  • Date of birth: 1880
  • Place of Birth: Pointon, Lincolnshire, England
  • Date of Birth Registration: January – March 1880
  • Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Father

  • Name: James Tyler
  • DOB: 1844
  • Place of Birth: Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England
  • Occupation: Agricultural labourer
Mother

  • Name: Sarah Woodcock
  • DOB: 1847
  • Place Of Birth: Laughton, Lincolnshire, England
  • Marriage: 1868 Bourne District

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

  • Elizabeth Tyler, 1869, Pointon (died 1869)
  • William Tyler, 1870, Pointon
  • John Robert Tyler, 1872, Pointton
  • George Henry Tyler, 1874, Pointon
  • Joseph Frank Tyler, 1875, Pointon
  • Jane Elizabeth Tyler, 1878, Pointon (died 1878)
  • James Tyler, 1880, Pointon
  • Catherine Tyler, 1883, Pointon
  • Alfred Tyler, 1884, Pointon
  • Frederick Tyler, 1886, Pointon
Census

  • 1881: James is living with his parents in his Grandads house in Pointon, Lincolnshire
  • 1891: James is living with his parents in Pointon, Lincolnshire
  • 1901: James is living with his parents in Pointon, Lincolnshire
  • 1911: James is living with his mother in Millthorpe, Lincolnshire
Relatives in services

  • None found
Marriage

  • No marriage for James has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.

Newspaper Mentions

  • The Times Monday October 16th 1916
    WOUNDED
    YORKS R. – Tyler, 29973, J.

Military Records

Attestation Papers

  • None found
Soldier’s Died In The Great War

  • These records show that Private James Tyler, 29973, 7th Btn, Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales’ Own) was killed in action on 26th May 1916 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders. (Note year is different to the CWGC and headstone.)

Pension Records

  • Available

Effects Left Too

  • Mother Sarah

 

Medals

  • The British Medal
  • The Victory Medal

Memorials

  • UK:
  • Aslackby, plaque in St James’ Church

 

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
  • In memory of Private J Tyler (29973) 7th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment who died on 26 May 1917
  • Son Of Sarah Tyler of Millthorpe, Falkingham, Lincs
  • Remembered with honour Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun
  • Grave III. N. 53.

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

Military Service Timeline

  • Enlisted in Bourne
  • Died of wounds

 

  • This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed

Sources

  • WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
  • British Newspaper Archive.
  • Fold 3
  • Find My Past
  • Genealogist
  • Forces War Records
  • British Army Service Numbers
  • War Gratuity Calculator
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
  • General Registry Office