Personal Details
| Attribute |
Details |
| Nationality |
British |
| Date of Birth |
1878 |
| Place of Birth |
Carlow, Carlow, Ireland |
| Veterinary College and Date of Graduation |
Edinburgh - December 1906 |
Military Service
| Attribute |
Details |
| Last Rank |
Captain |
| Regiment/Service |
Army Veterinary Corps |
| Secondary Regiment |
|
| Secondary Unit |
|
| First Theatre of War |
Unknown Date |
Casualty Details
| Attribute |
Details |
| Date of Death |
20 February 1918 |
| Age at Death |
40 |
| Place of Death |
London |
| Cause of Death |
Tuberculosis |
Cemetery
| Attribute |
Details |
| Cemetery |
- |
| Location |
- |
| Grave Reference |
- |
| Commonwealth War Grave |
- |
| Emblem or Badge on Headstone |
- |
Honours and Memorials
| Attribute |
Details |
| Name on RCVS Honour Board |
Yes |
| Name In Officers who died in Great War |
Yes |
| Medals and Awards |
- British War Medal 1914-1918
- Victory Medal
|
Biography
Captain William Kerwin Tully-Christie MRCVS was the son of William Kerwin and Mrs Tully-Christie of Barnes, London. He entered the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College in September 1904 and qualified MRCVS in December 1906.
He enlisted as a Private in the 23rd (Service) Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), before being commissioned as a temporary Lieutenant in the Army Veterinary Corps in March 1915 and was promoted to Captain in April 1916.
On 28 September 1917, he relinquished his commission due to ill health contracted while on active service. He died on 20 February 1918 in Queen Alexandra’s Hospital for Officers, Millbank, London, after a long illness. He was 40 years old, and he is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London, England.
Captain Tully-Christie’s obituary appeared in the Veterinary Record on March 22, 1918.
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