Seeking the identity of Sgt. TYLER seen in a short WWI British Pathé film

[ShaunJ]

Just taking a closer look at the cap badge, the upright piece in the top half is offset to the left. It looks very much like the East Lancs regiment

[jess5athome]

Just taking a closer look at the cap badge, the upright piece in the top half is offset to the left. It looks very much like the East Lancs regiment

Nice one 

Frank.

[MaxD]

Better!  The sphinx is easy to spot in your close up.  There is a MIC for a 9705 Sjt William Tyler  of the East Lancs.  No further record though (yet!).  Getting closer perhaps?

maxD

Later - 1st Battalion, joined (service numbers) 1907/1908 - has the look of a regular or is that too fanciful?

[jim1]

Looks good.
9705 gives an attestation date of Jan. 1908.

[jess5athome]

It looks like he's in the citations for the D.C.M, hence the hero's welcome?.

Frank.

[jess5athome]

In a nutshell, if he's our man:
He was acting corporal at the time and used a machine gun while under heavy shell fire which seriously affected his eyes at the time.

It's on Ancestry.

Frank

[ShaunJ]

The citation is in the Gazette in March 1916.

9705 Acting Corporal W. Tyler, 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment.
"For conspicuous gallantry; he mounted his machine gun under heavy fire and opened on the enemy. While doing so a shell burst near him, seriously affecting his eyes, but he stuck to his work and fired with good effect throughout the action."

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29503/supplement/2729/data.pdf

Our man is certainly wearing a medal in the opening frames of the film

[jim1]

I think the one question mark is why would a man from London join the E.Lancs. as a pre war regular.
One answer would be that the family moved to London after he joined but still an anomaly. That aside he looks the most likely candidate.
It's a nice thought that every man received this kind of welcome but unfortunately that wasn't the case so this event was regarded as something special. A DCM would fall into that category.

[jess5athome]

Post deleted, same as shaunJ post.


Frank.

Waiting in anticipation for "Spades" I wonder if he was the relative in the opening post?