John Alfred TILLS

Main CPGW Record

Surname: TILLS

Forename(s): John Alfred

Place of Birth: Hessle, Yorkshire

Service No: 12562

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion

Division: 11th (Northern) Division

Age: 21

Date of Death: 1915-08-21

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 118 to 120.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

John Alfred Tills (born 11 May 1894) was the son of Charles William and Lavinia Tills, née Thomas. Charles was born at Hull, Yorkshire and Lavinia at Pendeen, Cornwall.

1901 Paddington, London Census: Woodchester Street - John Tills, aged 6 years, born Hull, Yorkshire, son of Charles and Lavinah Tills.

1911 Paddington, London Census: 2, Saltram Crescent - John Alfred Tills, aged 16 years, 11 months, born Hull, Yorkshire, son of Lavinia Tills, widow.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John A. Tills, 12562, W. Rid. Rgt. Theatre of War first served in: 2b - Balkans. Date of entry therein: 12.7.15. Died 21.8.15. Correspondence: 2, Saltram Crescent, West Kilburn, W.7.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte John Alfred Tills, 12562, 8 W. Rid. R. Pres. dead 21.8.15.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte John Alfred Tills, 12562, 8th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: On or since 21.8.15. M.E.F. Death pres'd. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Lavinia. £5 15s. 11d.

John is commemorated on the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby.

A short biography of John is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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