Acting Lance Corporal Percy William Tilcock
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1895
Date of Death
26 Nov 1915
Employer
Vauxhall Motors
Regiment
Medals Awarded
Service Number
1485
Place of Birth
Luton
World War I Address
60 Brunswick Street
Luton
Place of Death
At sea
Grave Location
At sea
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
The Bedfordshire Advertiser , 24th December 1915
Acting L-Cpl Percy William Tilcock, 1485, 1/2nd Field Company, East Anglian Divisional Engineers, died on the hospital ship Glenart Castle on November 26th, 1915, from wounds received at Gallipoli. He was buried at sea in the Mediterranean on the same day.
Aged 20, he was the son of William and Emily Tilcock, of 60 Brunswick Street, Luton, and had worked at Vauxhall Motors before enlisting. He had joined the Engineers in September 1914.
A single man, he had been engaged to a Miss Pedder, of 57 Lyndhurst Road, Luton.
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Author: Deejaya
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