TILLEY
with roots in Somerset, England
family
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Nicholas Edward Tilley
Nick was born on 1 November 1946 at Bristol Maternity Hospital, youngest child of Edward James (Jim) and Marion (Anne) Tilley and younger brother of Robert James.
He died in the spring of 1963 after his motorbike collided with an oncoming car on the A303 road near the Fosse Way Cafe.
Jim and Anne Tilley’s youngest child, Nicholas Edward, was born in 1946.
The birth certificate of Nicholas Edward Tilley showing his parents
lived in Stoke Road, Portishead.
Nicholas (right), with his older brother Robert James and their grandfather, David Rowland Andrews.
Nick’s death certificate shows he died in Yeovil General Hospital aged 16.
Photos of Nick Tilley, below, some of them with his parents Jim and Marion.
Memories
“My brother’s death shattered my mother and father, who never really recovered from the blow. I was in South Africa, where first of all I got a phone call from my father saying 'Nick’s gone' and hours later the original telegram saying he had had a serious accident. It certainly poleaxed me. Despite the eight years difference in age, we were very close indeed – I remember combing the countryside with him for butterflies and birds eggs, we assembled impressive collections of each!” — Robert James Tilley (1938 - 2015)
