The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Tinley, Colonel Gervase Francis Newport
Tinley, Colonel Gervase Francis Newport, C.B. (1909); s. of late Major-General Robert Newport Tinley; b. 1857; educ: at Jersey and at Royal Military College, Sandhurst; entered Army, 1875; became Colonel, 1905; served in Zhob Valley Expedition, 1884; Burma Expedition, 1885-89; Representative Indian Officer at Empress Victoria’s Funeral, 1901; Commanded Indian Cavalry Contingent at the Coronation of Emperor Edward VII, 1902; A.A.G. of Cavalry, Delhi Durbar, 1903; Meerut Division, 1905-08; m. Elsie Benton (died 1907), d. of William Benton Hughes of U.S. Army, 1891. Club: Junior Naval and Military.