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18/10/2020 TYRE - Patrick Joseph Tyre (Able Seaman), previously reported missing, now officially presumed to have lost his life on H.M.S. Stronghold, 2nd March 1942.
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18/10/2020 ‘Our Lady of the Good winds pray for him.’
18/10/2020 Deeply regretted by
18/10/2020 His sorrowing mother, brother, sister, brother-in-law and niece Patricia. 34 Ardilea Street, Belfast.
18/10/2020 His grandfather Robert Carson of Church Street, Cookstown
18/10/2020 And cousin Mrs Teresa Devlin, of Orritor Street, Cookstown.
18/10/2020 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 15th December 1945:
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18/10/2020 The death is now officially presumed of Able Seaman Patrick Joseph Tyre of H.M.S. Stronghold, who was reported missing after the battle of the Java sea in 1942. This gallant young sailor, whio joined the Navy in 1939, was a son of the late Patrick Tyre of Belfast. He was well-known in Cookstown, where he resided for a number of years before joining the Navy. His grandfather, Robert Carson, resides in Church Street, Cookstown, and other relatives in Orritor Street, Cookstown. His father died a few months ago and he has a brother, John, also in the Royal Navy, who has six years’ service, and had a very narrow escape at the capitulation of Singapore.
18/10/2020 His uncle Michael McElhatton
18/10/2020 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 15th December 1945: Roll of Honour
19/01/2019 The CWGC records Able Seaman Patrick Joseph Tyre as the son of Patrick and Elizabeth Tyre of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
19/01/2019 Patrick Tyre was the son of Patrick & Elizabeth Tyre. He was born about 1921.
19/01/2019 It seems the family lived in Cookstown for a time.
19/01/2019 Able Seaman Tyre served with the Royal Navy in World War Two on board H.M.S. Stronghold.
19/01/2019 On 2nd March 1942 a Japanese task group consisting of the heavy cruiser Maya and the destroyers Arashi and Nowaki discovered and sank HMS Stronghold as she tried to escape the south of Java for the safer waters of Northern Australia. Maya later took on board 50 survivors from HMS Stronghold.
19/01/2019 Able Seaman Patrick Tyre was lost at sea on 2nd March 1942. He was 21 years old.
19/01/2019 Able Seaman Tyre is also commemorated on Cookstown War Memorial.
19/01/2019 Known family: Patrick Tyre, Elizabeth Tyre, Patrick Tyre (born about 1921).
19/01/2019 Able Seaman Patrick Tyre is commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial.
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