Name
Joseph Tyrell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/03/1918
36
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
60143
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
1st (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LIHONS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
629
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Stanstead Abbotts Village Memorial
Pre War
Born on 10/01/1884 son of Alfred and Ellen Tyrell, husband of Edith Mary Tyrell, lived at 1 Arthur Curt, Stanstead Abbotts. Worked locally as a labourer.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in Bedfordshire Regiment as Private 29830. Transferred to Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment, Private 60143. Unit stationed South of Arras in March 1918, Joseph was killed during two days of heavy fighting near the village of Lihons following the German offensive ‘Operation Michael’ on 21/03/1918 which forced the British Army back.
Acknowledgments
Terry Collins
