Francis Henry Tilke

   Cause of his death was First World War.

  General Notes:

Killed in action on 12th November 1918. Unfortunately this was the day after the war ended, Armistice Day. He was probably wounded just before the war actually ended on the 11th & died of his wounds on the 12th. He would have been taken to a casualty dressing or clearing station & if he was still alive then on to a base behind the lines. So he could have died at either place. He is buried at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetary, near Amiens, France. Plot no X11.AA.2

See newspaper article from Carolyn Hinton

  Noted events in his life were:

• Resided: Aged 2 - Son - Scholar - 7 Bull Hill -, 1881 census, Bideford, Devon England. Household entered as Filke in Ancestry & Familysearch (Tilke on image)

• Resided: Aged 12 - Son - Errand Boy in Barbers - 7 Bull Hill -, 1891 census, Bideford, Devon England.

• Resided: Aged 22 - Corporal Infantry -, 1901 census, Exeter, Devon England.

• WW1 Campaign Medal: Sargent, Devonshire Regiment no 7490, 1914-1920.

• Occupation: Company Serg Major (Pontypridd), 78250 7th Battalion Tank Corps, 1918.

Francis married Margaret Jane Carter 1911 (1Q) in Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales UK. (Margaret Jane Carter was born in 1884.)

  Marriage Notes:

11a 742