Leslie Tyers
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Leslie Tyers was born in 1897 at Hucknall and was the son of Harry a boot maker and Hetty Tyers née Poxon of 36 Harcourt Street, Newark. His father Harry was born in 1870 at Hucknall and his mother Hetty Poxon was also born in 1870 at Hucknall. They were married in 1890; the marriage was recorded in the Basford Registration district, They went on to have the following children, Kate b1892 Hucknall, Ethel b1893 Hucknall, Nellie b1895 Lincoln, Leslie b1897 Hucknall, William Henry b1899 Sheffield, Lancelot b1902 Hucknall, Sylvia b1904 Hucknall, Harold b1906 Newark, Eric b1908 Newark and Cyril b1910 Newark. At the time of the 1911 census the family lived at 30a Condon Terrace, William Street Hucknall and shown as Harry 41 yrs a boot maker and repairer, his wife Hetty 41 yrs and their children Kate 19 yrs a tailoress, Ethel 18 yrs a tailoress, Nellie 16 yrs no occupation listed, Leslie 14 yrs an apprentice boot maker, William Henry 12 yrs, Lancelot 9 yrs and Sylvia 7 yrs who were all scholars, Harold 5 yrs, Eric 3 yrs and Cyril 1 year.
Private Leslie Tyers enlisted 9th September 1916 and served with the 1/8th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment. He landed in France on 2nd March 1915. He was killed by a shell four months later on 20th June 1916, two days after the battalion had arrived at Foncquevillers before the Battle of Gommecourt. He was one of five men in the battalion killed that day (Privates Bingley, Fogg, Pulford and Stout). They are buried in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (Lesley - grave ref. I. F. 30).
CWGC headstone personal inscription: 'For love honour and home' Article published 28th June 1916 in the Newark Advertiser :- 'Eldest son of Harry & Hetty Tyers, 36 Harcourt Street, Newark. As a boy attended the Wesleyan Day School and the London Road Congregational Church, where he was for many years in the choir. Also a member of the Rev. Burns’ Bible Class. After leaving school he was apprenticed as a turner at the Stanley Works (Messrs. A. Ransome & Co.) and joined the Sherwood Foresters on Sept. 9th, 1914. He went to Harpenden and Braintree and was with the first boat-load to land in France in the following February. Home on leave a month ago. Part of a fatigue party carrying rations up to the front line, when a shell dropped among them, taking a toll of five lives (including fellow Newarker, Pte. A.E. Pulford). News first received in a letter from Cpl. Ernest Cross of William Street.'
