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VC1315 Frederick Albert Tilston
Name Frederick Albert Tilston No.
VC Issue No. 1315 Awards VC
Regiment Canadian Infantry Corps, Essex Scottish Regiment
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Acting Major
Rank End Of Career Honorary Colonel
Place Of Birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Place Of Death At his home, Kettleby, near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Buried/Location Ashes Mount Hope Cemetery, Erskine Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. RC Section, Plot 23 - North West Corner
Gazetted 22 May 1945
VC Presented 22 June 1945, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Mount Hope Cemetery, Erskine Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tilston Royal Canadian Legion Post, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Memorial Plaque, Victoria Cross Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Major F A Tilston Armoury, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Tilston Drive, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Tilston Grove, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
P Victoria Cross Memorial, York Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Plaque at Trail Royal Canadian Legion Post, British Columbia, Canada
Named on War Memorial, (Unveiled), Mount Albert Road, East Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada
By The Way…
VC Held By
Royal Canadian Military Institute, University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
BORN 11 June 1906
DIED 23 September 1992 AGE 86
VC Won 1 March 1945 AGE 38
Place VC Won Hochwald Forest, near Xanten, Germany
War/Campaign Second World War
