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RAMC profile of:

Harry TILBURY
[Service No: 66470]

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Place or Date of Birth:	Martin, Bucks

Service Number:	66470

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Rank:	Pte

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Enlistment Location:	High Wycombe

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Outcome:	Died at sea

Date Died:	04/05/1917
Age Died:	35

Where Buried and/or Commemorated:	Italy - Savona Town Cemetery

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Harry entered the war in France on 16th November 1915. He was on board the Hired Transport "Transylvania", when it was proceeding to Egypt with reinforcements, and was sunk by a torpedo by the German U-boat U-63 off Cape Vado, a few kilometres south of Savona. He was the son of Charles Tilbury of Seymour Court Cottages, Marlow, Bucks; and the husband of Annie Preece (formerly Tilbury) of The Cottage, Huntercombe, Henley-on-Thames.

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