Wallace Kerr Tyrie (1892-1976)
Gateshead man served with Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Along with his older brother Colin, Wallace joined the Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1914, rising to the rank of corporal. On his discharge at the end of the war Wallace returned to the north east and in June 1925 married Annie Mills. The following year Wallace, Annie and their young son, also called Wallace emigrated to Canada on the SS Montroyal making for Saskatchewan. The family, now with three young boys, returned to England in 1931 and made their home in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Wallace Kerr Tyrie died in Newcastle in September 1976.
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Civil Parish: Gateshead
Birth date: 05-Dec-1892
Death date: 1976
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: 171 Bewick Road,Gateshead (1911 census)
28 Lavender Gardens, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne (ship’s manifest 1926)
32 Ashleigh grove, Newcastle upon Tyne (1939 Register)
Employment: clerk for explosive merchant (1911 census)
Fitter (ship’s manifest 1926)
Family: Wife: Annie Tyrie nee Mills
Children: Wallace Joseph Tyrie , Tyrie, Ernest Campbell Tyrie, John Leo Mills Tyrie
Military service:
Private 17428
1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Corporal (6th Battalion)
Medal(s): 1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Gender: Male
Contributed by Jean Longstaff, Durham
