TYSON

		Source
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents
Where born	Hixon, Staffordshire		Yes
When born	About 1895				4
Position in the family	Eldest son			2b
Address	Parents: 31, The Hockley, Uttoxeter			2b
	Parents: The Hockley, Uttoxeter			2a
	Uttoxeter		Yes
Spouse
Children
Employment Before Joining up	Gardener at different times for Mr. A.C. Bunting and John Bamford			2b
When enlisted	2^nd September 1914			2b
Where enlisted	Luton, Bedfordshire		Yes
Previous military service	Uttoxeter Territorial Army			2b
Regiment	North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales’s)	Yes	Yes		1
Unit	1^st/6^th Bn.	Yes	Yes
	1^st/6^th (T.F.) Bn.				3
	‘C’ Company				1
Rank	Private	Yes	Yes	2a, 2b, 2c	1, 3
Service Number	2994	Yes	Yes		1, 3
Date of Death	13 October 1915	Yes	Yes		1, 3
Age at time of death	20			2b
Where Killed or died	Loos – Hohenzollern Redoubt
Where Killed or died	France/Flanders		Yes
How he died	Killed in Action		Yes	2a	1
Location of Grave or Memorial	Loos Memorial for the Missing Panel 103 to 105	Yes
Awards

Before the war he was employed as a gardener at different times by Mr. A. C. Bunting and John Bamford.

In June 1915 he sent a letter home, which told his parents about his recent experiences. The Uttoxeter Advertiser published details^[2a]:

Alluding to a recent episode, he said that the Germans had been rather quiet in their neighbourhood until the day before they left the trenches for the rest camp, when high explosive shells commenced to burst right on top of their trench. The Germans had got the range well, and his platoon lost their officer and five men, Lieutenant Bostock of Stafford, losing his arm. He (Tyson) was lying between two men, both of whom were badly wounded, but he remained untouched.

The British Artillery, however, soon quietened the German gunners before they had sent many shells over. He also referred to the death of Private Patrick, who was in his platoon.

William Tyson was one of a large number of Uttoxeter men who died in the charge on the Hohenzollern Redoubt at Loos on the 13^th of October 1915. He was buried by Quartermaster Sergeant Coping of the Grenadier Guards, who wrote to his parents. Part of his letter was quoted in the Uttoxeter Advertiser^[2b]:

“Just a line to tell you the sad news that I buried Pte. Tyson, who was killed in action fighting for his King and Country. He fell in battle like a British hero, and we buried him with some more of his gallant comrades. I hope you will bear the news with a stout heart”.

His name appeared in the Uttoxeter Advertiser on a list of the town’s missing servicemen during the first week if November 1915^[2b].