RM CDOS Tilney, Walter Ernest (Bill)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Tilney ​

• FORENAME

Walter Ernest (Bill) ​

• UNIT

41 Commando (P Troop) ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

PO/X 108009 ​

• AWARD

Military Medal ​

• PLACE

Italy 1943 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 3.8.1921 farm, Norfolk​

butcher-boy in civilian life​

joined R.M 1940​

8 Bn (A Company) (Mne-Cpl)​

41 Commando October 1942-45 (Cpl-TSM)​

butcher postwar​

married Elsie 1945 (died 2003) (2 daughters)​

died 23.10.2006 (Aged 85)​

Great Bealings Churchyard, Woodbridge, Suffolk​

London Gazette 36583, 23rd June 1944, Page 3040​

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