Walter Hopkins Tillotson Killed in action 27 Aug., 1918 [before Bazoches]. Ent. 26 Feb., 1918, 151st D.B.; trans, 16 March to M.G. Co., 306th Inf., 77th Div. Overseas 8 April, 1918. Born 12 Nov. 1894, at Hopedale, son of Horace Almon (died 1909) and Hattie Estella (Hopkins) Tillotson; brother of Grace Almira (wife of John P. Hill), Hattie Jane (wife of Albert F. Lawless), and Bertha Ella (wife of William R. Hill). All of Framingham. Machinist. Post 267, A.L., Hopedale, named in his honor. The Gold Star Record of Massachusetts, 1929. |

October 4, 1918. I looked through the paper into the first couple of months of 1919 but didn't find anything more on him. Of the seven Hopedale servicemen who died in World War I, Tillotson was the only one who died in combat. The American Legion post in Hopedale was named in his honor. |
