Basic Details
Surname
Tilson
Forenames
Thomas
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
12009
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 12 Church Street, Stanground. It misrecords his regimental number as 12009 and that he died on 1/7/1916; his true regimental number was 17009, and he died on 2/7/1916.

(CWGC records that Private Thomas Tilson, regimental number 17009, died aged 20 on 2/7/1916 serving in 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is now buried in grave V.S.8 at Dantzig Alley British Cemetery at Mametz in France, having been reinterred after the War. They record him as the son of William and Fanny Tilson of Church Street, Stanground, Peterborough. The Medal Rolls record him as "Tom Tilson", and state record that he was sent to France on 26/7/1915 and was killed in action on 2/7/1916. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Thomas died on 2/7/1916, and that his father William was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
6th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
July
Day of death
1
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action on the Somme
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
12 CHURCH ST STANGROUND
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial