Private 21973 William Edward TILLEY

Private 21973 William Edward Tilley{gallery}Pte W E Tilley{/gallery}4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Died of wounds in the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), France and Flanders, 1st August 1917, aged 20

• Buried: Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave II.D.9
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of William and Jane Tilley [nee Thurne]
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | Stockingford

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Tilley
• Dozinghem Military Cemetery
• Grenadier Guards

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Apr Qtr 1897 at Leicester
  
• Lived at Willoughby Waterless, Leics [1901]
  
• Lived at 124 Westbury Road, Stockingford [1911]
• Employed as a labourer
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton