Tallack W F N Pte 4815 17th London Regiment
TALLACK, WILLIAM FRANCIS NECK, Private, No. 4815, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Richard Tallack, of Stepney, by his wife, Mary, dau. of (-) Jones; b. Stepney, 10 Oct. 18..; educ. Ben Jonson School there; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, June, 1915; went to France in Oct., and was killed in action at Loos, 7 Jan. 1916, being buried there. He m. at Camden Town, N. 17 Dec. 1893, Clara Elizabeth (54, Cecil Road, Leytonstone), dau. of Robert Spinks, and had seven children: William James, Private, No. 2824, D Coy., 3/6th Essex Regt., b. 1895; Frank Robert, Pri- vate, No. 2825, 3/6th Battn. Essex Regt., b. 1897; Richard, b. 8 Dec. 1898; Hubert, b. 14 Nov. 1900; Frederick, b. 29 Dec. 1907; Lily, b. 13 Dec. 1902; and Clara, b. 13 Dec. 1905.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1