Name
Montagu Beavan Tench
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/08/1916
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Essex Regiment
9th Bn., attached 5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD
I. B. 27.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 7 Apr 1894 in Great Dunmow, Essex son of Montague and Margaret Dowell Tench. Educated at Haileybury College 1907-12.
Wartime Service
Joined University and Public Schools Corps in Sep 1914. Served in France from Nov 1915 to Mar 1916 as Sergeant "B" Coy. 19th Bn. Royal Fusiliers. Obtained a commission in the Essex Regiment and was killed in action at the Somme.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
