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Surname: TILLOTSON
Forename(s): George Harry
Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire
Service No: 34135
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Labour Corps
Battalion / Unit: 52nd Labour Coy
Division: ---
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-07-16
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 285.
CWGC Cemetery: SILSDEN (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
George Henry Tillotson was the son of George and Mary Jane Tillotson, née Lowcock. George, senior, was born in the Silsden Moor area and Mary at Addingham, Yorkshire.
1891 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: Low Cringles - George Henry Tillotson, aged 4 years, born Cringles, Yorkshire, son of George and Mary Jane Tillotson.
1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: Lower Cringles - Geo. Henry Tillotson, aged 14 years, born Cringles, Silsden, son of Geo. and Mary Jane Tillotson.
1911 Armley, Yorkshire Census: H.M. Prison, Armley Road - George Henry Tillotson, aged 24 years, born Silsden, Yorkshire. [On 3 April 1911, George was sentenced to six months hard labour for a stealing a watch and chain at 14, Bolton Road, Silsden, on the 20 January 1911.]
The British Army Service Record for George Henry Tillotson exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte George Henry Tillotson, 34135, Linc. R. Date of Enlistment: 8 December 1915. Date of Discharge: 5 July 1917. [George received the Silver War Badge.]
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte George Henry Tillotson, 34135, 6/Lab. Coy., Linc. R.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte George H. Tillotson, 34135, Lincoln. Date and Place of Death: 16.7.17. Birmingham War Hp died after discharge. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Brother - David. £3 15s. 7d. Brother - John. £3 15s. 7d. Sister in law - Dorothy. £2 11s. 3d.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
TILLOTSON, Harry, Labour Corps, Cringles, [Silsden], died in hospital Birmingham.
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Labour Corps
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20 July 1917
TILLOTSON – Died in the Military Hospital at Rubury, near Birmingham, Pte. Harry Tillotson, Labour Battalion, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. Tillotson, Cringles, Silsden.
20 July 1917
SILSDEN – DEATH OF PRIVATE HARRY TILLOTSON
The death has occurred at a military hospital at Rubury, near Birmingham, of Private Harry Tillotson, of the Labour Battalion. Private Tillotson, who was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. Tillotson, farmers, Cringles, Silsden, enlisted in March last, and after six weeks’ training at Catterick Park, went out to France. He had only been out four days before being invalided home.
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20 July 1917
TILLOTSON – Died in hospital at Birmingham, Pte. Harry Tillotson, of the Labour Battalion, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. Tillotson, of Cringles, Silsden.
20 July 1917
SILSDEN SOLDIER DIES IN HOSPITAL
The death has occurred at a military hospital at Reubury, near Birmingham, of Pte. Harry Tillotson, of the Labour Battalion. Pte. Tillotson, who was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. Tillotson, farmer, Cringles, Silsden, enlisted in March last, and after six weeks training at Catterick Park, went out to France. He had only been out four days before being invalided home.
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