Tilley was a Welsh Guardsman in 1940 and took part in Harpoon Force to rescue the Dutch Royal Family from the Hook of Holland. He was later commissioned into the RWF. Does anyone have any info on this guy? Christian names etc?
I hope the snipped bit from the London Gazette appears in this post! Any help appreciated
Percival Ronald James Tilley born 1919 Tiger Bay, Cardiff, known as "Dai" later emigrated to the US where he became the president of the North American Welsh Guards association, died in 2011 at a Welsh Guards reunion fell down the stairs.
Google is your friend here there is loads bout him.
By Stephen Hayward Comments
War hero dies after stairs fall at reunion
4 Sep 2011 00:00
A WORLD War II hero who flew 5,000 miles for a reunion with his army comrades tragically died when he fell down stairs.
A WORLD War II hero who flew 5,000 miles for a reunion with his army comrades tragically died when he fell down stairs.
Former Welsh Guardsman Dai Tilley, 91, who emigrated to the United States in 1952, had flown to Cardiff, where he joined other old soldiers at the city’s Great Western Hotel.
But two nights before a reunion *dinner, he lost his footing at the top of the hotel stairs.
He was taken to hospital but died of his injuries soon afterwards.
A Welsh Guards spokesman said: “It is tragic that he died after coming all this way to see us – but he was among friends.”
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