Justice Tilly

Major-General Justice Crosland Tilly DSO MC (27 January 1888 – 5 January 1941) was a British Army officer who commanded the 2nd Armoured Division during the early stages of the Second World War.

Justice Tilly
Born(1888-01-27)27 January 1888
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England[1]
Died5 January 1941(1941-01-05) (aged 52)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1907–1941
RankMajor-General
UnitLeicestershire Regiment
Commands held1st Tank Brigade
2nd Armoured Division
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War  †
AwardsDSO
Military Cross

Military career

Tilly was commissioned into the Leicestershire Regiment (later the Royal Leicestershire Regiment) in 1907.[2] He served in East Africa before fighting in the First World War.[3] 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.[3] He went on to be Commander of 1st Tank Brigade in 1938 and then served in the Second World War as General Officer Commanding 2nd Armoured Division from May 1940 before he died in January 1941.[4]

References
  1. Smart 2005, p. 310.
  2. "No. 28090". The London Gazette. 17 December 1907. p. 8779.
  3. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  4. Joslen 2003, p. 16.

Bibliography
  • Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1960]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1.
  • Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
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