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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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