Name
Albert John Tyler
1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/03/1918
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
29788
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 6.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Tring Town Memorial, St Peter & St Paul Church Roll of Honour, Tring, New Mill Baptist Church Roll of Honour, Tring
Pre War
Albert John Tyler was born in 1897 in Tring, Herts, the son of Thomas and Clara Jane Tyler and one of six children.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 51 Wingrave Road, New Mill, Tring, where his father was working as an engine driver. His father died in 1907 and on the 1911 Census he was living at the same address with his widowed mother and five siblings and was working as a 13 year old errand boy.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Watford, Herts in November 1916 and initially joined the 4th Battalion, Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment, later transferring to the 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry when he was sent to France in December 1917.
Albert was killed in action on 25 March 1918, aged 20, when he was hit by a bullet in his back during the German Spring Offensive. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £5 10s and pay owing of £6 12s 9d. She also received a pension of 9 shillings a week. His brother Thomas received a payment of £1 6s 6d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild, tringlocalhistory.org.uk
