Years of service 1907–1941 Rank Major general | Died January 5, 1941 Name Justice Tilly Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Commands held 1st Tank Brigade2nd Armoured Division | ||
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.
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