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Guardsman GERALD BENJAMIN TILLY

Service Number: 2662737
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 December 1944

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY

VI, K, 10.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Fanny Tilly, of Southampton.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. THE STRIFE IS O'ER THE BATTLE WON
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Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 502
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