Lance Corporal 316881 William Tilley
Regiment/Unit: Monmouthshire Regiment - 4th Bn.
Theatre of War: Home (Norfolk)
Previous Reg/Num: L/Cpl 502766, Labour Corps.
Age at death: 28
Date of death: 22nd of November 1918
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Eccleston Christchurch - O. B. 85.
BMD details:
Marriage: 19/02/1912 William TILLEY to Dorothy REDCLIFFE at Ravenhead St John's.
Family details:
Next-of-kin and address from service records: Mrs Dorothy Tilley (wife), 13 Cairne Street, Thatto Heath, St Helens. William was employed as a Collier at enlistment on 09/11/1914.
Census details:
1891 - 4 months old William and parents Peter (21), Sarah (27) are living at 33 St Thomas Street, St Helens with Sarah's widowed mother Esther Appleton (64) and brother William Appleton (23). 1901 - 10 years old William is living at 18 Cairne Street, Thatto Heath, St Helens with parents Peter (32), Sarah (38). 1911 - Sees 20 years old 'Coal Miner (drawer)' William living at 22 Cairne Street, Thatto Heath, St Helens with parents Peter (41), Sarah (48).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=20]Remembered on St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead War Memorial[/url] Died from pneumonia at Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich.
[url=lmem.php?lmem=20]Remembered on St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead War Memorial[/url] Died from pneumonia at Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich.
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[caption]The headstone of Lance Corporal William Tilley at Eccleston Christchurch
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
