Justice Tilly


Justice Crosland Tilly DSO MC was a British Army officer who commanded 2nd Armoured Division.

Military career

Tilly was commissioned into the Leicestershire Regiment in 1907. He served in East Africa before fighting in the First World War. 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. 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.