Ernest Herbert Tilley was born 1898 in Chertsey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom to Ernest Arthur Tilley and Ada Elizabeth Whittle (1875-1941) and died 1960 Surrey, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. He married Hilda Violet Warden (1902-1955) 1927 in Chertsey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. He married Kate Maher 1956 in Surrey, England, United Kingdom.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Iris Tilley (1931) | |||
| David Tilley (1933) | |||
- Iris M E Tilley married in Surrey North Western in 1957 to William A Morton.
- David E W Tilley married in Folkestone, Kent in 1953.