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William Joseph Tierney

In memory of:

Sapper William Joseph Tierney

April 30, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

541966

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Engineers

Division:

9th Field Coy.

Additional Information


Born:

December 3, 1889

Son of John Joseph and Catherine Sheridan Tierney.

Commemorated on Page 339 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

X. A. 15.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of William Joseph Tierney– Pte William J Tierney from the December 1918 edition of  The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario -- And in the Morning
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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