British Army Veterinary Corps
William Kerwin TULLY-CHRISTIE
Captain
Died 20 February 1918 · Aged 40
His story
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 22 March 1918.
Before the war
- Nationality
- British
- Date of Birth
- 1878
- Place of Birth
- Carlow, Carlow, Ireland
- Veterinary College and Date of Graduation
- Edinburgh - December 1906
Military service
- Last Rank
- Captain
- Regiment/Service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
Medals and commemoration
- 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
Death and burial
- Date of Death
- 20 February 1918
- Age at Death
- 40
- Place of Death
- London
- Cause of Death
- Tuberculosis
- Cemetery
- Brompton Cemetery
- Location
- London, England
- Grave Reference
- 8.7. 174616
Connected men
- Charles SMITHAlso buried at Brompton Cemetery
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- The Veterinary Record, 22 March 1918 — cited in the earlier biography
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “William Kerwin Tully-Christie”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/william_kerwin_tully_christie/.
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