Edwin TIGHE

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Surname: TIGHE

Forename(s): Edwin

Place of Birth: Addingham, Yorkshire

Service No: 7780

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion

Division: 7th Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1915-06-15

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 12.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Edwin Tighe was the son of John and Ruth Tighe, née Ideson. Both parents were born at Addingham, Yorkshire. In 1881 John, the son of John (born Limerick, Ireland) and Mary Bourk, née Tighe? (born Sligo, Ireland), was living in Back Lane, Addingham. In 1881 Ruth was also living in Back Lane. When John and Ruth were married in 1887, John signed his surname as Tyghe and did not give his father's name.

1891 Addingham, Yorkshire Census: Cockshotts Fold - Edwin Birk, aged 3 years, born Addingham, son of John and Ruth Birk.

1901 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 168, Oakworth Road - Edwin Tighe, aged 13 years, born Addingham, Yorkshire, son of John Riley and Ruth Tighe.

Edwin was married to Tamar Birch in 1910.

1911 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 38, Bengal Street - Edwin Tighe, aged 24 years, born Addingham, Yorkshire. [Edwin and his wife, Tamar, were living with his mother, Ruth Tighe, widow.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Edwin Tighe, 7780, Yorkshire Regiment. Theatre of War: 1 - France. Qualifying date [for 1914-15 Star]: 20 March 1915.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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