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The use of the apellation "Tilly" carried on into the last part of the century in all parts of the UK armed forces with the Morris Commercial J4 and later the Leyland Sherpa, often in minibus form. The Royal Navy which had no embedded vehicle assets of its own, unlike its soldiers in the Royal Marines and the other services, was reliant on the civil service Principal Supply and Transport Organisation (Navy) PSTON to provide both the vehicles and drivers. The Austrailian Armed Forces similarly carried on this practice, but opted to use the appellation UTE taken from the first rather than the latter parrt of "Utility".

¬¬¬¬ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.170.235.254 (talk) 09:56, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Steam traction engines[edit]

I grew up referring to steam traction engines as "tillies", so it is highly likely that this is a much older term. I'll try to find documentation to back this up. --Rfsmit (talk) 18:59, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]