Malvern College First World War Casualty

House and time at Malvern: No 7, 1905 - 1909.

Regiment: Royal Warwickshire Regt.
Died: 22 July 1916 aged 26 in France. Killed in action near Delville Wood.
Battle: Battle of the Somme. Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial P 9A, 9B, 10B

Son of T. Tiernay (O.M.), Beech Grove, Leamington, b. 1890.
Lower Shell—Modern I. House Prefect.
Engineer.
Great War, Private 1st Birmingham City Batt. 1914.

'The elder son of T. Tiernay (O. M.), he left in Modern I., and was engaged for some time in engineering work. He enlisted in August 1914 in the 1st Birmingham City Battalion, afterwards known as the 14th Warwicks. He remained with them, refusing all offers of a commission, and went out with them to France in November 1915. He was posted as Missing on July 22nd, 1916, near Delville Wood, east of Albert. Nothing has transpired as to his fate, so he has since been presumed killed on that day.' (Malvernian, Nov 1919).