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Surname: TULEY
Forename(s): Fred
Place of Birth: Earby, Yorkshire
Service No: 24365
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 4th Division
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1917-05-03
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 6.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Fred Tuley was the son of Francis Edwin and Sarah Ann Tuley, née Pickles. Francis was born at Oakworth and Sarah at Earby, Yorkshire. (Sarah died in 1889).
1891 Earby, Yorkshire Census: Aspen Lane - Fred Tuley, aged 4 years, born Thornton [Thornton-in-Craven Parish], Yorkshire, grandson of Thomas and Martha Pickles.
1901 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 27, Aspen Lane - Fred Tuley, aged 14 years, born Thornton [Thornton-in-Craven Parish], Yorkshire, grandson of Martha A. Pickles, widow.
Fred was married to Annie Spencer in 1906. (Annie died c. 1910).
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 29, Aspen Lane - Fred Tuley, aged 24 years, widower, born Earby. Sarah Ann Tuley, daughter, aged 3 years, born Earby.
The British Army Service Record for Fred Tuley exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Fred Tuley, 24365, W. Rid. R. K. in A. 3.5.17.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Fred Tuley, 24365, 1/6 W. Rid. R.; 2 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 3.5.17. [Fred served with the 1/6th Bn from 17 March 1916 until 17 September 1916 when he suffered shell shock. He was posted to the 2nd Bn 1 November 1916.]
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Fred Tuley, 24365, 2nd Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 3.5.17 France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Sole Legatee - Mary Spencer. £27 13s. 11d.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
TULEY, Fred., aged 30, West Riding Regiment, 31, Green End Avenue, [Earby], killed in action May 3, 1917.
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Private Fred TULEY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 4th Division
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05 March 1915
BARNOLDSWICK AND EARBY NEWS – Patriotic Brothers
The example of three brothers named Tuley is one to be commended. Though they are all married, they responded to the call by enlisting in Kitchener’s Army, and have for some time been undergoing training. The three are expected home on a short visit this week end.
13 October 1916
EARBY CASUALTIES
Pte. Fred Tuley, 1/6th Duke of Wellington’s, has been reported wounded in France on the 17th ult. at a place not stated. His home is at 31, School Lane, Earby.
18 May 1917
EARBY – ANOTHER SOLDIER KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Spencer, 31, Green End Avenue, received official news on Tuesday of the death of their son-in-law, Pte. Fred Tuley, Duke of Wellington’s, who was killed in action in France on May 3rd. Deceased, who was 30 years of age, was a widower with three children, who are left in charge of the grandparents at the above address. He had been in the Army 2½ years, and had spent 15 months in France. During the fighting on the Somme last September, Private Tuley was incapacitated for some time by shell shock, but had never been home since he first left England. Before enlisting he was a weaver at Messrs. R. Nutter and Co., Grove Shed. His two brothers are with the Army in France.
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13 October 1916
EARBY CASUALTIES
Pte. Fred Tully, 1st 6th Duke of Wellington’s, has been reported wounded in France on the 17th ult., at a place not stated. His home is at 31, School Lane, Earby.
18 May 1917
TULEY – Killed in action May 3rd, Pte. Fred Tuley, of the West Riding Regiment, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Spencer, of 31, Green End Avenue, Earby, aged 30.
18 May 1917
EARBY SOLDIER KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Spencer, 31, Green End Avenue, Earby, received official news on Tuesday of the death of their son-in-law, Pte. Fred Tuley, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was killed in action in France on May 3rd. Deceased, who was 30 years of age, was a widower with three children, who are left in charge of the grandparents at the above address. He had been in the army 2½ years, and had spent 15 months in France. During the fighting on the Somme last September, Pte. Tuley was incapacitated for some time by shell shock, but had never been home since he first left England. Before enlisting he was a weaver at Messrs. R. Nutters and Co.’s, Grove Shed.
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