Honours
Even into retirement Tilston was active throughout York County where a number of honours and memorials bear his name:
- The Aurora Canadian Legion Branch 385 is named Colonel Fred Tilston VC Legion in his honour.
- The Cenotaph in Sharon, Ontario was unveiled by Tilston and bears his name.
- St. Andrew's College (Aurora, Ontario) gives out Tilston Awards each year, one in every grade, to students who have "shown courage in the face of adversity".
- The De La Salle Cadet Corps (De La Salle Cadet Corps website) at De La Salle College 'Oaklands' in Toronto, Ontario has named its primary body of cadets the 'Tilston Platoon'.
- The Fitness and Sports Instructor 2011 senior cadet course in Cold Lake, Alberta has A1 Platoon named 'Tilston Platoon'.
A joint training facility for the Essex Kent Scottish Regiment and the Windsor Police Service at 4007 Sandwich Street, Windsor, Ontario, is a first-of-its-kind in Canada partnership with the federal government Department of National Defense (DND). In recognition of his service to the Essex Kent Scottish Regiment, the training centre is named the Major F Tilston Armoury and Police Training Centre.
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“Come hither, all ye empty things,
Ye bubbles rais’d by breath of Kings;
Who float upon the tide of state,
Come hither, and behold your fate.
Let pride be taught by this rebuke,
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Turn’d to that dirt from whence he sprung.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
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—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
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