In July 1918, Chailey Parish Magazine notes: Tingley, Dvr W, ASC and this information is then repeated monthly up to and including the final published roll call in July 1919.

This is probably William George Tingley who was born at Chailey in 1898 and whose birth was registered in the December quarter of that year.  He appears on the 1901 census as a two year old living at North Common, Chailey.  The household comprised, Moses Tingley (head, aged 33, working as a boot maker), his wife Mary Ann Tingley (aged 31) and their five children: Esther Tingley (aged seven), Ruth Tingley (aged five), Benjamin Tingley (aged four), William George, and Ebenezer Tingley (aged five months).

Chailey Parish magazine mentions three other Tingley men who served their King and country during the First World War.  It is probable that these are Benjamin Tingley (his brother), his uncle William Henry Tingley and his cousin, also William Henry Tingley.

Sources and Acknowledgements

• 1901 Census of England and Wales
• Chailey Parish Magazine