Private John Samuel Tilley

Unit/Regiment South Wales Borderers
Battalion11th Service Number21594
Theatre of War first served in (1) France Date of entry therein 04/12/1915
Age at Death 36 Date of Death04/07/1916
Burial/Memorial Reference Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz Plot VI Row J Grave 2
CWGC Family Details Husband of Catherine Alice Tilley, of 36, Tynwydd Terrace, Newbridge, Mon.
Family & Census Details Married 1908
SDGW – Where BornBramley, Hampshire
EnlistedNewport, Mon ResidedNewbridge, Mon.
How DiedKilled in action Theatre of War Western European Theatre
Medal Entitlement 1914-15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal
Notes Commemorated on the Celynen Collieries Roll of Honour
Commemorated on the Tabernacle Church Roll of Honour
Images John Samuel Tilley - Courtesy of Tabernacle Church, Newbridge
CWGC Headstone - Courtesy of Margaret Dufay
CWGC Headstone Inscription - Courtesy of Margaret Dufay
Newbridge War Memorial - Civic commemoration
Celynen Collieries Roll of Honour - Workplace commemoration
Medal Card - WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
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