Local WW2 Memorials
Cobham Tilt Memorial
Horace James Tidy
| Surname: | Tidy |
| Forename: | Horace James |
| Age: | 29 |
| CWGC Date of Death: | 11 Oct 1943 |
| Rank: | Signalman |
| Regiment / Service: | Royal Navy |
| Battalion / Unit: | H.M.S. Hythe |
| Service Number: | P/JX 228972 |
| Memorial to the Missing: | Portsmouth Naval Memorial |
| CWGC Plot Reference: | Panel 76, Column 3. |
| Additional Information: | Son of James and Lily Tidy, of Cobham, Surrey. Born in Cobham and playing member of Cobham Cricket Club and the Avorians Sports Club before the war. Killed when H.M.S. Hythe was escorting convoy MKS-27 from Alexandria to Gibraltar, the ship torpedoed and sunk by submarine U-371 north of Bougie, Algeria with the loss of 62 of the 82 crew. |
| Memorial: | Cobham |
| Links: | H.M.S. Hythe Convoy MKS 27 |
| CWGC Website Link: | https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2498172/ |
| Memorial Tree Number: | 18 |
