Second World War Fleet Air Arm casualty group awarded to Leading Airman C.A. Tilbury, H.M.S. Merlin, Royal Navy who would be killed in an air crash on 15th February 1943 alongside Temporary Lieutenant A.J. Howey whilst serving with 782 Squadron. Having no known grave he is remembered on the Lee-On-Solent Memorial.
Group of 4: 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal all mounted for display, in Director of Navy Accounts box of issue addressed to Mrs E.E. Tilbury, 9 Leas Road, Deal, Kent and with handwritten casualty slip named to ‘Cyril Albert Tilbury’
Condition: Good Very Fine
Cyril Albert Tilbury would see service as a Leading Airman (No. FAA/FX.80764) with H.M.S. Merlin, Royal Navy during the Second World War, taking part in operations in the Atlantic and Burma theatres of war. He would be killed in an air crash on 15th February 1943 along with Temporary Lieutenant A.J. Howey of 782 Squadron.
Having no known grave he is remembered on the Lee-On-Solent Memorial where he is noted as the son of Albert Edward and Else Ellen Tilbury.
