Army Number : 2366

Battalion : 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire ; Son of Harry and Hetty Tyers, of 36, Harcourt Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire. He enlisted 9th September 1914 at Newark and went to France 2nd March 1915 He died 20th June 1916 aged 19.

Buried/Commemorated : Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, France. Plot 1, Row L, Grave 27.

Private Leslie Tyres is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
Newark Cemetery War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church Parishioners War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church Borough of Newark Roll of Honour Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Ransome and Marles Works Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Titchfield Park War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.