BORN HULL 1886. YOUNGEST SON OF PATRICK & ELIZABETH TIGHE, LIVED AT 70 NORTH STREET, HULL AND 14 ALBERT TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY AND WENT TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN AUGUST 1914. AFTER GOING THROUGH MANY ENGAGEMENTS, HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE SPINE, DECEMBER 1915 AND SPENT 18 MONTHS IN HOSPITAL. RETURNED TO DUTIES , HE DIED OF WOUNDS 19/06/1917, AGED 31, AT BECKITT’S PARK MILITARY HOSPITAL LEEDS. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HE WAS THE THIRD SON TO DIE IN THIRTEEN MONTHS.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, 7220, PATRICK TIGHE, YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, HAD ENLISTED IN 1903 AND WENTTO FRANCE IN OCTOBER 1916. HE SUCCUMBED TO SICKNESS AND WAS DISCHARGE, ON 25/02/1916, AGED 39. HIS OTHER BROTHER, SGT, JOHN TIGHE, 6TH LINCS, DIED OF WOUNDS, AT LONDON MILITARY HOSPITAL, ON 24/09/1916, AGED 38
