Regimental Sergeant Major William Harry Tilbury, M.C.
Royal Berkshire Regiment 5th Bn, WW1
British Subject
Update: 16 June 2015
British Army Service
William TILBURY, service no. 16689, Royal Berkshire Regiment, 5th (Service) Bn.
Notes from The Wardrobe - link below:
RSM TILBURY had seen active service in the Boer War and, during the 1st World War, was Mentioned in Dispatches and awarded the Military Cross and the Belgian Chevalier de L'Ordre Léopold. He was later commissioned with the rank of Captain and served in the Assam Civil Service as an Assistant Commissioner of Police. He died of Malaria at the age of 54.
"The Wardrobe archive holds a photographic Print, ref. SBYRW/21824:
"A black and white photograph showing the four officers of the Cadre and (Right) the Regimental Sergeant Major, William TILBURY, who returned to Reading on the 18th June 1919. Centre is the Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel GOODLAND."
"The Wardrobe" with photograph
German counter-offensive code named Gotterdammerung ...
launched on 30th November at 0700
From the Berkshire Chronicle, December 28, 1917:
The Germans were making a rush for the guns which they had almost surrounded when the party I have spoken of together with the other Berks men and the Guards, thwarted the desperate attempts which the Boches made to capture them. ... In regard to the saving of the guns I should like to say that splendid work was performed by our signalling officer, whose name I cannot remember and Regimental Sergeant Major TILBURY.
[RSM William H. TILBURY 16689 of Hurley]
Medals
Supplement to The London Gazette, 1 January, 1919. pg. 23/29
AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS.
S.M. William TILBURY, 5th Bn., R. Berks. R.
Supplement to The London Gazette, 5 April, 1919. pg. 4519
Ordre de Leopold II. (avec palme).
Chevalier.
16689 Regimental Serjeant-Major William TILBURY, 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Marlow, Bucks.)
Medal Card available from The National Archives, Kew, London, UK
Ref: WO 372/24/62050
Date: 1908-1924
Medal card of TILBURY, W.
Royal Berkshire Regiment, soldier no. 16689, Regimental Serjeant Major