TILLY, Stanley Victor
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Known as:
Stan
Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Service:
Army
Service Number:
6297957
Born:
Sunday, September 10, 1922
Died :
Wednesday, December 13, 1989
Corporal Stanley Tilly, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, was wounded on 12 June 1944 during operations at Normandy, France [1][2].
Post war member of the Commando Association who unceasingly carried the Brighton Branch Association flag to every ceremony in Normandy so as to show a British Flag among the many French Pennants [3].
Sources
[1] Partial nominal roll of Commandos at Dieppe.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/79.
[3] Commando Association newsletter 90 issued March 1990.
Register of Deaths in Haywards Heath Sussex 1989 Reg. No. 1289.
[Image] Ross Tilly, nephew.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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