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William Tillman was the first black hero of the American Civil War. He was not a soldier but rather a year-old cook-steward on the schooner.!

Bill Tilman

British explorer

Not to be confused with Bill Tilghman.

MajorHarold William Tilman, CBE, DSO, MC and Bar, (14 February 1898 – November^[1] 1977) was an Englishmountaineer and explorer, renowned for his Himalayan climbs and sailing voyages.

Early years and Africa

Bill Tilman was born on 14 February 1898 in Wallasey, Cheshire, the son of a wealthy sugar merchant John Hinkes Tilman and his wife Adeline Schwabe (née Rees). He was educated at Berkhamsted Boys school.

Arguably the greatest explorer and adventurer the twentieth century produced, Bill Tilman was in his 80th year when he disappeared in Antarctic waters in

William Tillman is an artist who was born in the 20th Century.

William Tillman was the first black hero of the American Civil War. He was not a soldier but rather a year-old cook-steward on the schooner.

William Tillman.

Year-old indomitable mountaineer, adventurer, explorer and ocean voyager, Major HW 'Bill' Tilman.

During the First World War he entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and, on 28 July 1915, he graduated from Woolwich where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Field Artillery of the British Army.^[2] Tilman fought at the Battle of the Somme, and was twice awarded the Military Cross for bravery.

His climbing career, however, began with his acquaintance with Eric Shipton in Kenya, East Africa, where they were both coffee growers. Beginning with their