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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Seaton Carew (Hartlepool), - Holy Trinity Church |
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The First World War Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew
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Photo : Bolckow
The First World War Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew, is a brass plaque commemorating 22 names of those who lost their lives in the First World War. The names are as those on the Seaton Carew War Memorial, excepting for the names of Harry White and Luke Patchcott. Three sets of brothers are shown on the memorial, - the Hesslers (both Captains serving with the DLI), the Guthes and the Tillys.
There is a photo of the interior of this church by Bolckow which shows the location of the above memorial.
There is a separate family memorial in the church for the two Tilly brothers.
A photo of this is shown below.
One of the Tilly brothers was an Officer in the Yorkshire Regiment.
A memorial plaque for the Second World War commemorates the names of 29 men and 1 woman who lost their lives in the war.
We are very grateful to Bolckow for permission to use his photos (posted on Flickr), on this website, of this memorial.
Captain John Tilly, M C. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
Tobias Harry and Onora Tilly, of Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool, Durham. Killed
8 June 1918. Aged 31.
Buried BARENTHAL MILITARY CEMETERY.
(Brother of Lt Col Charles W Tilly, of the DLI. - named on the same memorial)
From the book "Marjorie's War" by Reginald and Charles Fair, the
following biographical information is provided on Captain Tilly;-
"John Tilly was born at Seaton Carew, Co. Durham, in 1886. In 1905 he
entered Pembroke College, Cambridge, to study law and was admitted to the
bar in October 1911. He enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers on 15 September 1914
but was discharged a week later on taking a commission in the 8th Yorkshires
on 22 September 1915. He was promoted to Captain on 19 June 1916. He was wounded
by a German shell splinter in Munster Alley on 5 August 1916. Captain Tilly's
award of the MC was gazetted on 19 November 1917. He died of wounds received
during a trench raid in Italy on 8 June 1918."
Captain Tilly is also remembered on the Seaton Carew War Memorial.
The
Family Memorial to the Two Tilly Brothers in Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew
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Below is a plaque which reads
"IN LOVING MEMORY OF / LT. COL CHARLES WYNN TILLY / ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW,
RUTH TILLY / AND THEIR DAUGHTER, JOAN"
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The
Second World War Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew
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Seaton Carew, Holy Trinity Church
Photo by Ray Wilkins (<e2ray3636@ntlworld.com>)
Seaton Carew, Holy Trinity Church
Photo by Ray Wilkins (<e2ray3636@ntlworld.com>)
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