Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the husband of the late Miriam Tyers.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Following research undertaken and submitted by F. Tilley in 2016:

Biography:
Percy Schofield Tyers was born in 1884 in St Peter’s, Loughborough, to Henry Tyers (1847-1890) and Emma Mary Poole (1850-1911).

Percy’s siblings were: Albert (1886-1926), Clara (1873-1920), Edith Annie (1875-1943), Eliza(beth) Ethel (1880- ).

He was the husband of Miriam Tyers nee Prime (b. 1885 in Markfield, Leics). They married 10th October 1910 in Markfield, Leicestershire, but Miriam had died before Percy’s death in 1917.
They had two daughters born in Market Bosworth: Mabel born 10th July 1911, and Lilian, who was born and died in 1912.
They lived in Shaw Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire before the War.

Military Service:
Having joined the Army before the war, Percy was posted with Royal Warwickshire Regiment 3rd Battalion on 5th August 1914.
He was discharged the 17th October 1914, declared ‘no longer physically fit for Service’.
Percy had served the Army for 13 years 277 days
He died at 33 years old as a result of time at war.

Percy Schofield Tyers is remembered at Hinckley Cemetery, Leicestershire.
He is also commemorated at St Peter’s Church Memorial, Copt Oak, Leicestershire.
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Coalville Times article – Friday April 30th, 1920

WAR MEMORIAL AT COPT OAK CHURCH

WINDOW DECORATED BY THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH

A large congregation was present at Copt Oak Church on Sunday morning to witness the dedication by the Bishop of Peterborough of a beautiful stained-glass window which has been placed in the church in memory of local men who gave their lives in the great war.

The window has three lights, the centre light being occupied by a warrior kneeling at the foot of Christ, with the inscription, “Faithful unto death, 1914 – 1918.” The following are the fallen who are commemorated:

E. Bowley, J. W. Brooks, J. H. Gibbins, H. Heggs, H. A. V. Hull, H. Hall, R. Irons, T. J. Kelham, A. H. Mason, G. H. Partner, P. B. Pearce, S. W. Richardson, H. Read, P. Tyers, S. A. Whyles and W. Wibberley.

Immediately preceding the service, a muffled peal was rung on the bells. The Rev. H. C. Gannell (vicar) took the first part of the service, which was fully choral, and the Rev. J. Martin, of Charley Hall, read the lessons. The special music rendered by the choir included the Te Deum (Hopkins) and the anthem, “Rejoice in the Lord” (Elvey). Mrs Gannell officiated at the organ, and at the close played the Dead March in “Saul.”

The Bishop, in his address from St. John, xx, 29, emphasised the power of the Resurrection, dealing with the introduction of Christianity into Britain, the progress made in Uganda, India and China. Instead of thinking of God as a kind of arch-magistrate seated on a distant star, we must think of one who is full of sympathy even for those whom many consider as beyond the pale. His Lordship continued, “We remember those gallant men who gave their lives in the war. They have cleared the way for a new Britain, a better Europe and a new world. Our task is to carry on, not to beat the Germans, but to form a truer fellowship, a lasting peace and goodwill. We must never falter until the great League of Nations is rooted and grounded in brotherly love, and a new comradeship is established, not every one grabbing for self, but each man loving his neighbour as himself.”

The congregation included many of the relatives of the deceased men. The collections at the services, including the Choral Communion Service at 8 am, at which the Bishop of Peterborough was the celebrant, were for the Window Fund. The service at 6.30 pm was taken by the Rev. T. W. Walters, Whitwick, Rural Dean.

Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 22/5/2019