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Henry Erskine TYSER

9th Dec 18731,2,3 - 9th Apr 19174,5

Life History

9th Dec 1873

Born in Sevenoaks.1,2,3

15th Jan 1874

Baptised in Marylebone, St Andrew.1,3

From the Parish Register :-
"1874 January 15 / Henry Erskine son of / William Haviside and Emily Jane / Tyser / Brasted Kent / Ship-owner / Dec 9 1873 - Henry Webb"

9th Apr 1917

Died in France, near Arras.4,5

From the book :-
HUGHES, Peter (2015), "Visiting the Fallen: Arras : North", Pen & Sword.
"Second Lieutenant Henry Erskine, 8th Black Watch, was killed on 9 April 1917, aged 43. He was an only son, educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford and worked in his father's law firm. He had been elected an underwriting member of Lloyds in 1898. On the outbreak of war he chose to retire from what was clearly a promising career in the legal profession in order to enlist and was gazetted early in 1915. He was a keen cricketer and member of the MCC. His death occurred while advancing from the first objective, the Black Line, to the Blue Line."

after 9th Apr 1917

Buried in France, Saint-Laurent-Blangy (Mindel Trench British Cemetery).6

Second Lieutenant Henry Erskine Tyser

20th Jun 1917

Probate in London.4

of Henry Erskine Tyser of 11 Park-place St James and 9 and 11 Fenchurch-avenue, second Lieutenant 8th Battalion Black Watch
Executor - Edward William Beal solicitor
Effects - GBP 51,655 10s. 1d.

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