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Colonel GERVASE FRANCIS NEWPORT TINLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Indian Army General List

Base Commandant, Marseilles

Date of Death

Died 18 February 1918

Age 60 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY, MARSEILLES

IV. A. 1.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly Commanding 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Awards Companion of the Bath, Companion of St. Michael and St. George, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Officer of the Legion of Honour. Son of Maj. Gen. Robert William Newport Tinley (39th Foot), Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Served in the Zhob Valley Expedition (1884), Burma (1885-89), Egypt (1896).
  • Personal Inscription SON OF MAJOR GENL. ROBERT WILLIAM NEWPORT TINLEY COMMANDANT 39TH FOOT
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Buried or commemorated at

MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY, MARSEILLES
Bouches-du-Rhone France
Number of casualties: 1784
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