Photo: James Pasby
Memorial
Plaque Tilly Bros 1918 Holy Trinity
Reference
S118.08
Place
SEATON CAREW
Map ref
NZ 524295
Original Location
Holy Trinity Church, Church Street. In the nave
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Plaque 1 foot 8 inches high x 2 feet 6 inches wide (508mm x 762mm) set in a moulded alabaster frame 6 inches wider. There is a border of oak leaves. There are two names, one under another, with the regimental badge alongside the names. Lettering is in Roman capitals.
Materials used
Brass plaque in alabaster frame.
Inscription
In loving memory of
Charles Wynn Tilly,
Lieut.Colonel 15th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment
(formerly of the 18th Bn. Durham Light Infantry)
who was killed in action near Bailleul in Northern France
on the 14th April 1918 aged 41 years.
Also of
John Tilly, M.C.
Captain 8th Bn. The Yorkshire Regiment,
who was killed in action on the Asiago Plateau, Italy
on the 8th June 1918 aged 31 years.
Sons of Tobias Harry Tilly and Onora Tilly of this parish
Names
See above
Who commissioned
Parents
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Gawthorp & Sons, London.
Notes
1. There is another brass plaque below which reads “ In loving memory of / Lt.Col. Charles Wynn Tilly / Erected by his widow, Ruth Tilly, / and their Daughter Joyce”. See S118.11.
2. The brothers are remembered on
S118.01 and
S118.02
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; James Pasby
Durham County Archives Reference EP/SC/4/47 (Indexed notebook containing much information about Seaton Carew)
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
Portrait of a Seaside Parish: Holy Trinity Seaton Carew Julie Cordiner 2012; ISBN 978 0 9574579 0 4; gives details of the Tilly family.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
John & Mavis Dixon; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall
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