Selected Biography

Tillett, Raymond Arthur – Born: Bardwell, Suffolk on 18.11.1904.[1]  Parents: Arthur Tillett (Agricultural Labourer) and Annie Elizabeth [née Bean] (Dressmaker).  Home: Lower Street, Bardwell, Suffolk (1911), Bulney Moors, Long Melford (1939).  Occupation: Pigman (1939).  Married: Mabel Florence Garrod [d1973] in 1926 and Eva Ruth Dow in 1974.  Service Record: Raymond was a member of the Local Defence Volunteers in Long Melford, being part of ‘H’ Company, 10^th Battalion, Suffolk Home Guard when it was formed in August 1942.  His name is recorded in the official tribute to the organization entitled The Lion Roared his Defiance, photographed in and around Long Melford in 1944.[2]  Died: Brentwood, Essex in 1989.

Notes – [1] 1939 Register.  [2] Published by Marten & Son, Ltd., of Market Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk in 1946.