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Years of service
  
1907–1941

Rank
  
Major general

Service/branch
  
British Army


Died
  
January 5, 1941

Name
  
Justice Tilly

Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Commands held
  
1st Tank Brigade 2nd Armoured Division

Awards
  
Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross

Major General Justice Crosland Tilly DSO MC (27 January 1888 – 5 January 1941) was a British Army officer who commanded 2nd Armoured Division.

Military career

Tilly was commissioned into the Leicestershire Regiment in 1907. He served in East Africa before fighting in World War I. He served on the North West Frontier of India in 1924 before becoming Chief Instructor at the Royal Tank Corps Central School in Bovington in 1935 and then Chief Instructor of the Gunnery Wing at the Armoured Fighting Vehicles School in 1937. He went on to be Commander of 1st Tank Brigade in 1938 and then served in World War II as General Officer Commanding 2nd Armoured Division from May 1940 before being killed in January 1941.

References

Justice Tilly Wikipedia