PERCY WILLIAM SIDNEY TYLER
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Born: 19th May 1887, Ipswich.
Baptised on the 28th June 1891 at Holy Trinity Church, Ipswich, with his sisters – Leonora Frances Genetta Tyler, born 4th April 1877; Blanche Belinda Tyler, born 20th May 1882, and Florence Agatha May Tyler, born 14th April 1889, and brothers – Oliver Robert Leonard Tyler, born 27th May 1886, and Edward Ernest Albert Tyler, born 20th June 1884 – family home at Eastwood Ho Coattages, Dover Road, Ipswich.
Died: 1st July 1916; age 29; KiA.
Residence: 32, Stirling Street, Ipswich
Enlistment Location: West Hartlepool, Durham.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 11853
Regiment: West Yorkshire Regiment,
(Prince of Wales’s Own), 10th Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Grave Reference:
D.2.
Fricourt New Military Cemetery,
Somme,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Mr. George Tyler, of 32, Stirling Street, Ipswich; brother of Robert Leslie Oliver Tyler, of 50, Stephenson Street, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
CENSUS
1891 Eastward Ho, Cottage, Dover Road, Ipswich.
Percy was 3 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
George William Tyler, 39, a Bricklayer, born Ipswich.
Anna Tyler (nee King), 39, born Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk.
Leonora Frances Gennetta Tyler, 14, born Ipswich.
Blanche Belinda Selina Tyler, 9, born Ipswich.
Edward Ernest A. Tyler, 7, born Ipswich.
Robert Leslie Oliver Tyler, 5, born Ipswich.
Florence Agatha May Tyler, 2, born Ipswich.
1 boarder.
1901 188, Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich.
Percy was 13 years old and living with his widowed father & siblings.
George, 49, a Bricklayer.
Blanche, 19, the Housekeeper.
Edward, 17, a Seaman.
Robert, 15, a Picture Frame Maker – own account.
Florence, 11.
1911 Cambridge Workhouse, 81a, Mill Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Percy was 24 years old, a Bricklayer’s Labourer. He was an inmate at the workhouse.
Percy also had an older brother, George David Tyler King, born in 1875, Playford, Suffolk.
Percy’s 4 year old brother, Bertie William Edgar Tyler, died on the 7th September 1879, in Ipswich and was buried on the 12th September in Section E, Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Percy’s mother, Annie Tyler, died in May 1892 in Ipswich and was buried on the 27th May in Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Under the Classifications column of the E.A.D.T., on Thursday, 29th March 1894, Percy’s father, George Tyler, submitted a few simple lines: – Missing since Tuesday morning, from 188, Cauldwell Hall Road, St. John’s, Ipswich, lad named Percy Tyler, aged 5 years. – Information gladly received at above address.
In February 1896, George Tyler, of 190 Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich, was before Alfred Wrinch, Esq., and Col. John Henry Josselyn, at Ipswich Police Court. He was charged with failing to send his children regularly to school. George was fined 2s. 6d.
Soldiers’ Effects to George Tyler – father.
Percy’s brother, Edward Ernest Albert Tyler, also lost his life during the First World War. Edward was ranked a Boatswain for the Mercantile Marine, aboard the S.S.’Coonagn’ (Limerick), which was sunk by a submarine in the English Channel on the 15th March 1917. He was 33 years old, married with children and resided at South Street, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Edward is commemorated at Tower Hill Memorial, London, and on the war memorial at Albert Park, Middlesbrough.
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