Sorry, a bit more info, I am replacing/removing commons-validator 1.6 which brings beanutils 1.9.3, now checking the jars, it now reverts back to 1.8.0, This is the hierarchy reported using eclipse :
struts2-tiles-plugin 2.5.16 tiles-core 3.0.7 commons-digester 2.0 commons-beanutils 1.8.0 Cheers Greg