William George Tuck

Memorial: Hawkesbury Upton

Regiment: Royal Marines Light Infantry

Medals: 1914 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Private PLY/16293

Parents: George and Annie Tuck

Home address: Britton Bottom, Hawkesbury Upton, Glos

Pre-war occupation: Farm Labourer

Date of birth: 1893

Date of death: 01/11/1914

Buried/Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial 5.

Age: 21

Further information:

William George Tuck was born in 1895, the son of George and Annie Tuck. William was a farm labourer when he chose to enlist into the Royal Marines in January 1913. Following the outbreak of war, William was posted to HMS Monmouth. The Monmouth was ordered to sail for the Falklands to join the South American Station. On 1st November 1914, The Monmouth was sunk by the more powerful German Pacific fleet off Coronel on the Chilean coast, with the loss of all hands

William George Tuck is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Hawkesbury

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Many thanks to the researcher Simon Bendry
Forces War Records and CWGC