CHARLES HENRY TILLETT

From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730

As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570

Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.

Born: 20th November 1903, Harwich, Essex.

Baptised: 16th December 1903, at St. Nicholas Church, Harwich, Ipswich. Parents: Charles Henry Tillett & Amelia Minnie Tillett.

Died: 9th November 1943; age 39; Japanese PoW.

Captured: 15th February 1942 – Fall of Singapore.

Residence: 52, Boyton Road, Ipswich.

Occupation: Driver – Motor Transport.

Rank: Driver; Service Number: 50194.

Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps, attached 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.

Grave Reference:

6.G.4.

Chungkai War Cemetery,

Thailand.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Charles and Minnie Tillett, of 14, Ashley Street, Ipswich; husband of Alethea Elizabeth Tillett, of Ipswich.

CENSUS

1911   14, Ashley Street, Stoke, Ipswich.

Charles 7 years old and living with his mother & siblings.

Amelia Minnie Tillett (nee Chamberlain), 30, born Harwich, Essex.

James Albert Tillett, 5, born Harwich, Essex.

Elsie Minnie Tillett, 2, born Harwich, Essex.

In 1911, Charles’s father, Charles Henry Tillett, 32, a Dock Labourer, born Forest Gate, Essex. He was 1 of 43 lodgers at 12, Tidal Basin Road, Canning Town, Essex.

1921   14, Ashley Street, Ipswich.

Charles was 17 years and 7 months old and employed as a Mill Hand for J. Fison’s Flour Mill, Stoke, Ipswich. He lived with his parents and siblings.

Charles Tillett, 47 years & 4 months old, a Labourer for the Ipswich Sanitary Authority – Ipswich Corporation.

Minnie Tillett, 41 years & 5 months old, Home Duties.

James Tillett, 16 years & 1 month old, an Office Boy for J. Fison’s Flour Mill, Stoke, Ipswich.

George Tillett, 10 years & 7 months old, at School, born Stoke, Ipswich.

Lilian M. Tillett, 6 years & 10 months old, at School, born Stoke, Ipswich.

In 1928, Ipswich, Charles married Alethea Elizabeth Jemima Vinyard, born November 1905, Ipswich – daughter of Arthur Vinyard, a labourer at the gas works, and Alethea Jemima Vinyard (nee Cocker), of Ipswich.

Alethea and Charles had one son:

Eric C. F. Tillett, born 1929, Ipswich.

ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939

Alethea and Eric lived at their family home – 52, Boyton Road, Ipswich.

Probate to Althea Elizabeth Tillett – widow.