TONKS Ernest Richard

  • First Name(s):
    Ernest 
    Richard 
  • Surname:
    TONKS
  • Service Number:
    5256681
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    31st July 1944
  • Age At Death:
    30
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery, France, Grave XII. F. 4.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Herbert William and Kate Tonks; husband of Muriel Mary Tonks, of Worcester

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TONKS Ernest Richard Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester St Clements Church

Further Information About TONKS Ernest Richard

The following information has been researched by and is courtesy of John Barry:
1939 Register
159 Oxhill Road, Birmingham
Herbert W. Tonks, born 11th November 1880, Coal Merchant
Kate E. Tonks, born 6th July 1879, Unpaid Domestic Duties
Norman Tonks, born 27th December 1909, Coal Sales Man
Ernest R. Tonks, born 7th September 1913, Coal Sales Manager

Probate 1946
Tonks Ernest Richard of 159 Oxhill Road, Handsworth Birmingham 21 died 31 July 1944 on war service Probate Birmingham 16 January to William James Merchant bedstead fitter and May Merchant (wife of the said William James Merchant). Effects £919 8s.

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