All Tarling deaths registered with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • Pre-formatted for a small size web file. Latest update 11 Nov 2003 (Remembrance Day).
  • Approximately in order of surname, forenames or initials
  • Starting from the basic CWGC file, we have added details from the deaths files at the FRC, details from the PPR Wills and Admons records, details from the military deaths files at the FRC,  burial or memorial details from the full CWGC files, and further notes from the Tarling database.
  • The Tarling database contains a more manageable tab separated files for easy import into spreadsheets as well as some further details.
  • This covers all surnames starting Tarlin.  There are no Terling entries in the CWGC files.


    • SURNAME	      First forename	Middle name	    Date of death	Age 	Rank 	      Serv No.	Regiment, ship etc.		Further details: Address; Relatives; Burial or memorial place; Death index entry from FRC; Futher notes from Tarling database

TARLIN		Clarence	Victor		27	Feb	1917	19	Private			Auckland Regiment, NZEF	  born Auckland N.Z.	son of Clara Jacobson (formerly Tarlin) of Titirangi and the late Alfred Tarlin	Lille Southern Cemetery, Nord, France; Ref: III.B.38
TARLING		Albert				10	Mar	1918		Private		61420	Royal Welsh Fusiliers					Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainault, Belgium; Ref: Panel 5	1918 Vol. I.29 page 99	There are too many Albert Tarlings born say 1878 to 1900 to guess which one this might be
TARLING		Albert		George		30	Mar	1944	19	Able Seaman		HMS Laforey					son of W. and Hester Tarling, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.	Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea Common, Hampshire, U.K.; Ref: Panel 83, column 2	1944 Vol. 10 page 3789	Born Albert G. Tarling JQ 1924 mms=Keeble Middlesborough
TARLING		Amelia				19	Apr	1941	56	civilian			died at Sherwood Gardens, Barking	daughter of Jane Ann Tarling	Barking Civilian War Dead Register U.K.	Amelia Tarling age 56 JQ 1941 Ilford	Birth: Amelia Ann Tarling JQ 1885 St. George in the East.
TARLING		Amy		Amelia		07	Sep	1940	36	civilian			died at Reaston Street, Deptford	wife of Arthur Tarling	Deptford Civilian War Dead Register U.K.	Amy A. Tarling age 36 SQ 1941 Deptford
TARLING		Bernard		Francis		28	Jun	1944	32	Sergeant	B/60732	RCAC						son of Bernard J. Tarling and Edith E. Tarling, of California, U.S.A.; husband of Edith Tarling.	Assisi War Cemetery, Italy; Ref: V, H, 9		Remembered in the Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; All Saints Church War Memorial.
TARLING		Charles		William		16	Aug	1916	27	Corporal	679	Australian Infantry AIF				son of William and Annie Tarling, of Rockhampton, Queensland	Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, France; Ref: II. D. 60	
TARLING		Edgar		A.		04	Jun	1916		Rifleman	R/17672	17th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps			Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas de Calais, France; Ref: V.D.15	1916 Vol. I79 page 68	Presumably the Edgar Arthur Tarling born SQ 1895 Shardlow; (I did wonder about the Edgar A. Tarling who married Scrimshaw MQ 1915 in Shardlow, BUT I think he had a daughter in 1918, so probably not that one)
TARLING		Edward				20	Jul	1916		Corp. (A/Sgt)	8934	1st, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)			Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France; Pier & Face 4D	1916 Vol. I. 10 p17	There are too many Edward Tarlings born say 1875 to 1898 to guess which one this might be.
TARLING		Florence			19	Apr	1941	49	civilian			died at Sherwood Gardens, Barking	daughter of Jane Ann Tarling	Barking Civilian War Dead Register U.K.	Florence Tarling age 49 JQ 1941 Ilford	Perhaps born Florence Elizabeth J. Tarling SQ 1891 St. Saviour?
TARLING		Frederick	W.		15	Sep	1916		Private		G/22169	32nd Bn., Royal Fusiliers				Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France; Ref I.D.5	1916 Vol. SI.3 page 706	This is probably Frederick William Tarling born SQ 1889 in West Ham - I can't see his death certificate - he would have been 26 or 27 (see also the entry for J. William Tarling below)
TARLING		George		Bertie		20	Nov	1917	31	Private		87385	The King's (Liverpool Regiment)			husband of Mrs. M. A. Tarling, of Pemdevon Rd., West Croydon	Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, France; Panel 4	1917 Vol. I.20 page 503	born George Bertie Tarling JQ 1886 Romford; probably married MQ 1909 Islington?
TARLING		George		Edward		14	Oct	1918	35	Private		52700	RFLR Royal Fusiliers				husband of Emily Brown (formerly Tarling), of High Barnet, London	Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; Panel 28-30, 162-162A & 163A	1918 Vol. I.82 page 388	born George Edward Tarling MQ 1883 Romford; perhaps married DQ 1912 Barnet to Emily Woods; Emily remarried MQ 1920 Barnet
TARLING		George		Edward		02	Dec	1939		Sapper		2058825	Royal Engineers						Bells Hill Burial Ground, Hertfordshire; Ref,: Row A.9 Grave 596		There are a few George Edward Tarlings including born DQ 1907 Hackney or SQ 1908 Romford
TARLING		George		Henry		07	Jun	1917	26	Corporal		Australian Infantry AIF				son of William and Annie Tarling, of Rockhampton, Queensland	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; Ref: Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31
TARLING		George		W.		13	Nov	1916	40	Private		12/903	East Yorkshire Regiment				son of Edwin and Emma Tarling	Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France; Ref: II.V.1	1916 Vol. I.33 page 195	See Ref. 8
TARLING		H.		J.		27	Apr	1917		Private		203265	1st/4th Bn., York and Lancaster Regiment.		Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France; Ref: III.B.3		Looking for H. J. Tarlings and eliminating those I know and those who clearly died at other times there are three stronger possibilities: Harold James Tarling born JQ 1889 Brentford  or  Henry John born JQ 1886 St. George Hanover Square  or  Henry James Tarling born DQ 1886 Romford  plus a number of other possibilities.
TARLING		Henry		Charles		27	May	1918	31	Private		20491	Royal Army Medical Corps	Monmouth	husband of Lilian Tarling, of Whitecross St., Monmouth	Varennes Military Cemetery, Somme, France; Ref: III.D.13	1918 Vol. M.6 page 167	Extensive records of Henry Charles, his family history, and the circumstances surrounding his death have been collected by his relative Stuart Moverley (Tarling database ref 4): Henry Charles was born 10 Jan 1887 in Herefordshire, son of Alfred Tarling and Emma (nee Hughes).  He married Lilian Meredith in 1909 and had 5 children.
TARLING		Henry		John		21	Jul	1917	37	Private		33908	2nd Labour Coy., The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.); transf. to (66482) 11th Coy., Labour Corps			Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; Plot 2, Row E, Grave 8		1917 Vol. M.2 page 171	John Tarling of Bristol has added a photo of the gravestone to http://tarling.myfamily.com/ and adds: Henry John Tarling was born 05 Aug 1879 (registered SQ 1879 Barton Regis), son of Henry and Sarah Annie (nee Brown) and on 03 Aug 1914 he married Agnes Mitchell (registered SQ 1914 Bristol) and enlisted soon after. 
TARLING		J.		William						Rifleman	22169	R.F.L.R.							1916 Vol. I.82 page 403	This entry appears in the Service (Army) Deaths index at the FRC as shown but there's no corresponding entry in the CWGC on-line list: I suspect he might be the Frederick W. Tarling (see above) who died 15 Sep 1916 and with service number Private G/22169
TARLING		Jane		Ann		19	Apr	1941	81	civilian			died at Sherwood Gardens, Barking		Barking Civilian War Dead Register U.K.	Jane A. Tarling age 81 JQ 1941 Ilford
TARLING		John		Noel Mitchel	03	Mar	1941	34	Sergeant	3239086	9th Bn., Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)		son of George William and Lilian Annie Tarling, of Wimbledon Park	Wimbledon (Gap Road) Cemetery; Ref.: Plot K.A. grave 412		Presumably the John Noel Tarling born MQ 1907 Wandsworth
TARLING		John		Stewart		04	Oct	1944	24	Guardsman	2621390	Grenadier Guards				son of William Stuart Tarling and Constance Eveline Tarling, of West Horsley, Surrey	Brussels Town Cemetery, Evere, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium; Ref: X.23.13	1944 Vol. 9 page 344	[Parents married JQ 1917 Wandsworth; born John S. Tarling mms=Tillman SQ 1920 Wandsworth; Admin 1945
TARLING		Kenneth				19	Sep	1944	30	Private		4923368	2nd (Airborne) Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment	Arnem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands; Ref: 22.C.13	1944 Vol. 6 page 105	born Kenneth C. Tarling mms=Dubber SQ 1914 Willesden; possibly married as Kenneth C. Tarling = Parsonage SQ 1940 Hendon.  This was two days after the start of Market Garden at Arnhem ("A Bridge Too Far")
TARLING		Leslie		James		09	Nov	1943	24	Private		5828512	Suffolk Regiment				son of Walter Hardy Tarling and Lettice Miriam Tarling, of Steeple Bumpstead, Essex	Ghungkai War Cemetery, Thailand; Ref: 6.G.9	1943 Vol. 7 page 108	Parents married MQ 1914 Tendring; born Leslie J. Tarling mms=Portway MQ 1919 Maldon; Admin 1946 to Lettice Miriam Tarling, widow: his mother  (Probably a worker on the railway "Bridge on the River Kwai")
TARLING		Percy				01	Jul	1916	19	Private		14262	King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry		son of William Rickard Tarling, of 57, Walton St., Long Eaton, Notts, and the late Phoebe Tarling	Theipval Memorial, Somme, France; Ref: Pier & Face 11C & 12A	1916 Vol. I.40 page 259	Possibly born either Percy Reginald Tarling SQ 1897 Shardlow (in which case he may have been 18) OR it could be Percy Tarling JQ 1897 Kingston; could his late mother have been Phoebe Ann Tarling died age 52 DQ 1915 Shardlow; his father could be William R. Tarling died age 66 JQ 1930 Shardlow with a Will or William Richard Tarling who died 08 May 1930 in Long Eaton age 66 with a Will mentioning Horace Richard Tarling & Alfred Sam Tarling
TARLING		Raymond		James		21	Oct	1945	21	Engine Room Mechanic 5th Class	C/MX 623528 H.M.S. Pembroke, Royal Navy		Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, U.K.; Ref: panel 85	1945 Vol 10 page 3790	born Raymond J. Tarling, mms=Hook SQ 1924 Westbury-upon-Severn
TARLING		Reginald			21	Oct	1917	[21]	Lance Corporal	242396	14th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment			Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; Ref: panel 72 to 75	1917 Vol. I.52 page 314	Reginald B. Tarling on the Tirley war memorial; and Reginald Brotheridge Tarling born DQ 1895 Tewkesbury, hence age 21 at death
TARLING		Reginald			21	Sep	1943	22	Aircraftman 1st Class	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve		son of QMS Frederick Archibald Tarling DCM & Lilian Tarling, of Aberavon, Port Talbot	Port Talbot (Goytre) Cemetery Glamorganshire; Ref.: Pllt 4 Row 5 Garve 14		His father born SQ 1886 Thanet; parents married MQ 1910 Neath; born Reginald A. R. Tarling mms=Peel DQ 1920 Neath
TARLING		Richard				20	Jun	1916		Lance Serjeant	17868	13th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment			Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France; Panel 60-64	1916 Vol. I.52 page 312	There are too many Richards, but he could be born JQ 1891 Chippenham or JQ 1886 Chippenham for instance
TARLING		Robert				02	Dec	1943	19	Sergeant	1810812	460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	son of James Henry and Edith Alexandra Tarling, of Cromer, Norfolk	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Brandenburg, Germany; Ref: 4.C.3	1943 Vol. 14 page 13	parents married MQ 1923 Malling; probably born Robert Tarling mms=Sharp JQ 1924 Ongar?  Flight Engineer based RAF Breighton, flying on his first mission in a Lancaster to Berlin. See Gordon Stooke's 460 Squadron pages at http://www.netlink.com.au/~gstooke/460squadron.htm
TARLING		Sidney		Alfred		31	May	1916		Chief Stoker	300010	HMS 'Black Prince' Royal Navy			brother of F. A. Tarling of Sea View Terrace, Aberavon, Port Talbot	Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea Common, Hampshire, U.K.;  Ref: 15		was he born Sydney Alfred Tarling SQ 1882 Croydon?; is his brother Frederick Archibald born SQ 1886 Thanet and married MQ 1910 Neath?; his Will mentions Arthur Graham Foley
TARLING		Sydney		Herbert		14	Apr	1917	21	Rifleman	415067	London Regt (Queen Victoria's Rifles)		son of Mrs. Alice Tarling, of Dancer Rd., Fulham, London	Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France; Ref: bay 10	1917 Vol. I.84 page 315	probably born Sidney Herbert Tarling SQ 1895 Romford
TARLING		Thomas		John		29	Dec	1914	18	Private		2062	2nd Bn., Monmouthshire Regiment				Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainault, Belgium; Ref: I.B.10	1914 Vol. I.24 page 394	Further records of Thomas John, including his family history, and full military records have been collected by his relative Stuart Moverley (Tarling database ref 4).  Thomas John was born 23 Jan 1896, son of Charles Tarling and Annie Jarman (nee Lewis).
TARLING		Victor		Clark		16	Sep	1916	[21]	Private		11266	Somerset Light Infantry				son of Richard and Helen Tarling	Guards Cemetery, Les Boeufs, Somme, France; Ref: IV.M.3	1916 Vol. I.60 page 135	probably born Victor Clare Tarling JQ 1895 Chippenham and hence age 21 at death
TARLING		Wilfred		John		24	Aug	1918	20	Private		18427	Royal Berkshire Regiment			son of James Tarling, of Toothill, Ongar, Essex	Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France; Ref: penel 7	1918 Vol. I.53 page 74	possibly the Wilfred John Tarling born DQ 1897 West Ham - in which case he would have been 21 at death
TARLING		William				07	Oct	1914	27	Private		L/8451	Royal Sussex Regiment				son of Frederick Hugh and Eliza Tarling	Vendresse British Cemetery, Aisne, France Ref.: Troyon Chyd. Mem. 24
TARLING		William		David		21	Mar	1941	54	Civilian			Air Raid Warden and Reverend of St. Matthias Vicarage, husband of Clarice Tarling 		West Ham Civilian War Dead Register U.K.	William D. Tarling age 54 MQ 1941 West Ham		Injured 19 March 1941, at Hermit Road, West Ham; died at St. Mary's Hospital [born William David Tarling DQ 1886 Epping; possibly married SQ 1911 Rochford?; Will to Clarice Victoria, widow
TARLING-A-PUA					28	Apr	1945		Pata (Private)	NGN1134	A.C.M.F. 2 New Guinea Bn., Australian Infantry		Lae War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea; Ref: RR.C.6		Lae is a town and port on the mouth of the Markham river on Huon Gulf. The cemetery is adjacent to the Botanical gardens in the town centre.
TARLINGTON	Cecil		Charles		19	Dec	1942	19	Private			55/53 Bn., Australian Infantry			son of Herbert Patrick and Mary Tarlington, of Alexandria, New South Wales	Port Moresby Memorial, Papua New Guinea; Ref: panel 7
TARLINGTON	John				06	Aug	1916		Private		4605	Australian Infantry, (4th. Pioneers) A.I.F		Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France;
TARLINGTON	James		Joseph		16	Feb	1940	26	Pilot Officer		Royal Air Force					son of James Herbert and Florence May Tarlington, of Cobargo, New South Wales, Australia	Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Gree, Surrey, U.K.; Ref: panel 10
TARLINGTON	Martin				19	Oct	1916		Private		2426	1st Bn., King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt.)		Thiepval memorial, Somme, France; Ref: pier & face 5D and 12B		probably Martin Tarlington born MQ 1897 Prescot - in which case he would have been 19 at death
TARLINGTON	Robert		Daniel		06	Jun	1944	30	Sapper			Royal Canadian Engineers			son of Robert R. and Catherine M. Tarlington, of Brockville, Ontario	Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, Calvados, France; Ref: II.B.16	The 6th. June 1944 was of course D-Day itself (film: The Longest Day) and I guess this man landed at Juno beach and was one of 335 men of the 3rd. Canadian Division who died on that day.
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