Profile image
Military service
Service number:
B/63953
Age:
31
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1st Battalion
Death:
July 4, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. C. 15.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Alice Fuller Tidy, of Toronto; Husband of Edythe Seaward Tidy, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant Thomas Edward Tidy
-
Photo of Thomas Edward Tidy
Lance Sergeant Tidy enlisted with The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940. He served with the Regt in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and in England. He was in BHQ as a Signaller and landed on D-Day. Lance Sergeant Tidy was killed at Carpiquet Airfield (west of Caen). -
Obituary
Copy of the obituary of Lance Sergeant Tidy published in a Toronto paper in July 1944. -
Gravemarker
Padre Cameron took this photo of Lance Sergeant Tidy's gravemarker during a visit to France in June 1997. -
Beny Sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Thomas Edward Tidy
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Thomas Edward Tidy
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Thomas Edward Tidy
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Thomas Edward Tidy
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Thomas Edward Tidy
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Thomas Edward Tidy
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Thomas Edward Tidy
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Thomas Edward Tidy
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Thomas Edward Tidy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 462 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.