• Casualties Lib. of 's-Hertogenbosch: Hintham
• Casualties Liberations of 's-Hertogenbosch
• Cemetery casualties Liberation of 's-Hertogenbosch: Uden
• Liberation of 's-Hertogenbosch - October 1944
• Royal Welch Fusiliers, 7th Bn.

Date of birth:

December 9th, 1919

Date of death:

October 24th, 1944

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Uden
Plot: 3. Row: A. Grave: 7.

Service number:

4200661

Nationality:

British

Rang/eenheid:

7th Bn.

During operation 'Alan', when entering 's-Hertogenbosch from the direction of Hintham, he was seriously injured by a grenade fragment and died in the truck that was taking him to a field hospital. He died in the arms of his - also injured - comrade Serjeant Albert Pearce, who had been the first witness at his wedding and married his widow after the war. Tildesley was born on 9-12-1919 in Ratbyi, Leicestershire and was a painter by profession.
Field grave on the Oude Kerkstraat, near the water tower in Oss. Reburied on 20-5-1946 at the British War Cemetery Uden.

Source: Archive A. Verbakel - Heemkundekring Uden

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• Photo 1: Archief A. Verbakel / Heemkundekring Uden
• Photo 2: Rob Vogels
• - Serjeant Joseph Tildesley | War Casualty Details 2766109 | CWGC
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