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	Major Frederick Albert Tilston - Veterans Affairs Canada
		Frederick Albert Tilston was born in Toronto, Ontario, on the 11
		Despite his wounds, Major Tilston's unyielding will to close with the enemy was a magnificent inspiration to his men as he led them in systematically clearing the trenches of the fiercely resisting enemy.
		Major Tilston moved in the open from platoon to platoon quickly organizing their defence and directing fire against the advancing enemy.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/citations/tilston (807 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page : F/FR/FRE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Frederick V was the son of Albert Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, and Anna of Saxony.
		Frederick II (December 26, 1194 - (December 13, 1250), Holy Roman Emperor of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212, unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 until his death in 1250.
		Frederick III of Habsburg (born September 21 in Innsbruck, 1415; died August 19, 1493 in Linz) was elected as German King as the successor of Albert II in 1440.
	www.hostingciamca.com /browse.php?title=F/FR/FRE (10942 words)

	2nd Canadian Infantry Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Major General Albert Bruce Matthews, CBE, DSO, ED was also a gunner, and moreover, had been a Militia officer before the war rather than a full time Permanent Force officer.
		Here, Major Frederick Tilston -- a staff officer of The Essex Scottish Regiment who had tired of paperwork and volunteered for company command -- was severly wounded while leading his company, eventually losing an eye and both legs.
		Tilston was the third and last 2nd Division soldier awarded the Victoria Cross.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2nd_Canadian_Infantry_Division (5225 words)

	Tilston, Frederick Albert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Born in Toronto on June 11th, 1906, Tilston served with the Essex Scottish regiment at the time of the Rhineland campaign.
		Leading his men into German trenches at the edge of the Hochwald forest, a wounded Tilston pressed the attack and blew up a machine-gun nest with a grenade.
		One of Tilston's legs had been blown off below the knee and doctors were forced to amputate his other leg below the knee.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /courage/tilstonfrederickalbert.html (110 words)

	Fred Tilston wins Victoria Cross for attack in Germany - Fred Tilston wins Victoria Cross for attack in Germany - CBC ...
		Tilston has been wounded in the head and the hip, yet he consolidates his troops and holds the position against counterattack.
		On his last trip, Tilston is hit in the other leg and crumples to the ground.
		Tilston himself refused medical attention until he had given complete defence plan instructions to his only remaining officer.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-71-596-3095/conflict_war/tilston_victoria_cross/clip1 (532 words)

	List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frederick George Coppins - 1918; Hackett Woods, France
		Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey - 1917; Guyencourt, France
		Frederick Albert Tilston - 1945; Hochwald Forest, Germany
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Canadian_Victoria_Cross_winners (808 words)

	The War Amps: Canada's Military Heritage - The Victoria Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The War Amps takes pride in VC recipient Frederick Albert Tilston, who joined the Association in 1945.
		[Tilston] crosses the bullet-swept ground to the company on the left to replenish the supply of grenades and bullets.
		Fred Tilston was born in Toronto in 1906 and died in the veterans wing at Sunnybrook Medical Centre in Toronto in 1992.
	www.waramps.ca /military/awards/vcross.html (884 words)

	List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Frederick William Campbell (Frederick william campbell was a canadian recipient of the victoria cross, the highest and most prestigious award...)
		Frederick George Coppins (Frederick george coppins was a canadian recipient of the victoria cross, the highest and most prestigious award...)
		Frederick Albert Tilston (Frederick albert tilston was a canadian recipient of the victoria cross, the highest and most prestigious award...)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/list_of_canadian_victoria_cross_recipients (4638 words)

	International Metropolis » Photo Du Jour - December 5, 2005 - Major. Fred Tilston, V.C.
		Major Tilston’s Uniform is still in the possesion of the Regiment.
		At 0715 hours on 1st March 1945, the attack was launched, but due to the softness of the ground it was found impossible to support the attack by tanks as had been planned.
		Major Tilston passed away in 1992, and the Windsor Armouies were renamed in his honor.
	internationalmetropolis.com /?p=44 (916 words)

	Second Division
		Major General Albert Bruce Matthews was also a gunner, and moreover, had been a Militia officer before the war rather than a full time Permanent Force officer.
		Here, Major Frederick Tilston - a staff officer of the Essex Scottish Regiment who had tired of paperwork and volunteered for company command - was severly wounded while leading his company, eventually losing an eye and both legs.
		Tilston was the third and last Second Division soldier awarded the Victoria Cross.
	www.calgaryhighlanders.com /history/2nddivision.htm (4850 words)

	The War Amps: Canada's Military Heritage - First World War: A Vimy Veteran Remembers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Queen Victoria, herself, proposed the legend inscribed on the medal, "For Valour." A distinguished Canadian, who won his V.C. in World War II, is Fred Tilston, a double amputee.
		Like most heroes, Fred Tilston is reluctant to speak about his exploits, yet he was recently singled out in a British T.V. documentary and in a book by John Percival, on V.C. winners.
		Major Tilston urged his men to hold on.
	www.waramps.ca /military/wwi/vimy.html (1831 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-Loss of HMT Lancastria at St Nazaire on the 17th. of June 1940. One of Britain's worst ...
		Son of Albert and Alice Green, of Orrell, Bootle, Lancashire.
		Frederick Smith; husband of Helen D. Smith, of Douglas, Isle of Man.
		Son of Edwin and Elizabeth Tilston; husband of Violet Tilston, of Katwijk-Am-Zee, Holland.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/LossofHMTLancastriaatStNa.html (1594 words)

	List of Second World War Victoria Cross recipients: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		George Albert Cairns (George albert cairns was an english recipient of the victoria cross, the highest and most prestigious award for...)
		Albert Chowne (Albert chowne (vc, mm) was an australian recipient of the victoria cross, the highest and most prestigious...)
		Maurice Albert Windham Rogers (Maurice albert windham rogers (vc, mm) was an english recipient of the victoria cross, the highest and most prestigious...)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/list_of_second_world_war_victoria_cross_recipients (6681 words)

	European, Page 40 - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He was unable to afford to go to university when he finished high sc...
		Watton was born to Pauline Tilston, a young unmarried hairdresser, in Chester, England.
		She placed him for adoption when he was three months old and he was adopted in 1960 by the Watton fam...
	famous.adoption.com /famous/index-european,40.html (389 words)

	Patentee Index
		Tilston, John Ronald; to QinetiQ Limited Micro-power unit 06959549 Cl. 60-651.
		Fraley, Jr., Richard R.; Bugosh, Mark Joseph; and Konior, William Albert 06960145 Cl. 474-134.
		Ware, Frederick A.; Perego, Richard E.; Hampel, Craig E.; and Tsern, Ely K. Cl. 711-154.
	www.uspto.gov /web/patents/patog/week44/OG/patentee/alphaT_Utility.htm (6246 words)

	MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (... - Online Information article about MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (...
		Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.
		In his childhood Albert Moore showed From Strasburger's Lelnbuch der Botanik, by permission of Gustav See also:
		Solomon to her Maidens," was exhibited in 1866, and with it two smaller works, " Apricots " and " Pomegranates." In these Albert Moore asserted plainly the particular technical conviction which for the See also:
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	CANOE -- CNEWS - The greatest war heroes of them all
		Cosens killed 20 Germans and captured a similar number, but soon after died from a sniper's bullet to the head.
		Tilston's regiment attacked enemy positions holding strategic approaches in the Hochwald Forest, Germany on March 1, 1945.
		A medical orderly, Topham's bravery came to the fore on March 24, 1945 as his unit battled east of the Rhine River in Germany.
	cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Canada/RemembranceDay/2003/11/09/251445.html (1834 words)

	British motorcycle manufacturers R-Z
		In 1892 it was closed for financial reasons, but it came back as Enfield Manufacturing, reformed by Robert Smith (works director) and Albert Eadie (managing director).
		Albert Reynolds stepped in to save the company, but they never fully recovered and planned 650cc twin was never manufactured.
		Founded by engineer William Frederick Hooper in 1920, his first design was an advanced Superb Four, an inline-four ohc, shaft-driven machine, with a pump-driven oil lubrication system, and using aluminum cylinders, upper crankcase and gearbox.
	www.ianchadwick.com /motorcycles/britbikes/otherr_z.html (4018 words)

	Canada 1918 - 1950
		Albert Johnson aka "The Mad Trapper of Rat River" shoots and kills an RCMP constable investigating trapline poaching near Fort MacPherson, NWT
		Though the mortal remains of Canada's sons lie far from home, yet here where we now stand in ancient Artois their immortal memory is hallowed upon soil that is as surely Canada's as any acre within her nine provinces.
		Major Frederick Albert Tilston led a company of the Essex Scottish Regiment in an assault on heavily fortified German positions in the Hochwald - Tilston was wounded three times during the battle in which his company overran two German company headquarters and was later awarded the Victoria Cross
	worldatwar.net /nations/canda/timeline.html (7866 words)

	Our Ancestors of South Hampton Roads
		Age 65, in the 66th year of her age, widow of Captain FELIX R. HOLT, United States Navy and daughter of Mrs.
		CORA HOFFMAN GRANGER of Norfolk and the late JOHN TILSTON GRANGER, died Saturday, January 31, 1953 at 12:20 pm at a Norfolk hospital.
		She was a native of Passaic, New Jersey and had been a resident of Norfolk for 40 years, residing at 114 East 41st Street at the time of her death.
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	Canadian Born VC's
		Lieutenant Frederick William CAMPBELL on 15th June 1867 at Mount Ferest, Ontariio.
		A/Captain Frederick Thornton PETERS on 17th September 1889 at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Islannd.
		A/Major Frederick Albert TILSTON on 11th June 1906 at Toronto.
	www.victoriacross.co.uk /canadian.html (681 words)

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		2) Fred Tilston, S.P. in uniform, with A.L.S. Holder of VC and DC.
		Imprisoned at Andersonville The Diary of Albert Harry Shatzel.
		Ironic that Balin's ship was used by Hitler as an instrument in the death of its Jewish passengers.
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	Mercer County, New Jersey, Genealogy: Queries for 1998
		The adoptive parents were Albert W. and Ella E. Please if any one has any information about this contact me. Thanking all in advance.
		My mother was Hannah Elizabeth TILSTONE (dau.of Daniel and Elizabeth Ellen) and she had a brother possibly Benjamin who lived in Trenton, New Jersey, possibly Princetown or Princeton Rd. They were there during WW 2.
		TILSTONE Family came from Goldenhill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, England.
	members.cox.net /mercergen/mercqu98.html (9176 words)

	Augustine Funnell Books - Signed N-Z (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A HAND IN THE WATER, The Many Lies of Albert Walker, Toronto: HarperCollins, 1998, 1st; a story of murder, betrayal, multiple identities and ruthless ambition, all surrounding a Canadian financier "...who disappeared without a trace in 1990 along with millions of dollars of investors' money--and his 15-year-old daughter, Sheena.
		Years later they are discovered living togther as man and wife along with two small children in a small English village."; this copy signed by the author; 8vo, tan boards, 290 pgs., illustrated; F- w/tiny remainder mark to bottom edge, in F dj; an unread copy;
		A story of murder, betrayal, multiple identities and ruthless ambition, all surrounding a Canadian financier "who disappeared without a trace in 1990 along with millions of dollars of investors' money -- and his 15-year-old daughter, Sheena.
	www.gusbooks.com /signed2.html (4657 words)

	Science and Society Print Library - Link Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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		Herschel, John F W (John Frederick William), Sir
		Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain
	www.scienceandsocietyprints.com /StaticLinks/Personalities3305.htm (44 words)

	Index part 28
		of_Brandenburg, Albert [12470] archbishop of Magdeburg, 1515 archbishop of Mainz, 1514-1535 b.1490 d.1545
		of_Brandenburg, Albert III (Achilles) [12473] elector of Brandenburg, 1470-1486 b.24_Nov_1414 d.11_Mar_1485-1486
		Brewer, Ellera Hurlbert [119617] b.ca.1875, Hartford CT m.29_Sep_1902, Hartford CT wife of Albert A. Francis
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	Index part 133
		Kirkpatrick, Isabelle [8887] b.18_Jan_1886 wife of Albert H. Marckwald
		Kirtland, Frederick W. [116210] b.26_Jul_1879, Egg Harbor WI d.1_Jan_1949, Gary IN
		Kirtland, Mercy Amelia [116394] b.24_Sep_1815, Saybrook CT m.22_Jun_1836, Westbrook CT wife of Albert Ruggles
	www.hdhdata.org /roots/indexfc.html (2258 words)

	VC Winners of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		UNUSUAL COINCIDENCE IN CANADA; THREE VICTORIA CROSS WINNERS LIVED ON SAME STREET
		Leo CLARKE, Frederick HALL and Robert SHANKLAND all lived on the same street, Pine Street, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
		It is believed to be the only street in the world to have three Victoria Cross winners who lived there.
	www.militarybadges.info /canada/pages/13-vc-winners.htm (1381 words)

	CEF Tartans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		"1 March 1945 - VC won by Maj Frederick Albert Tilston, The Essex Scottish
		Thanks, but as a Second World War VC, Major Tilston would have worn battle
		We‘re doing our best to match operational dress where we
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