John Leslie Tonkin (1898 - 1917)

Born 1898 in Truro, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 30 Nov 1917 at about age 19 in France

Biography

Lance Corporal John Tonkin was Killed in Action during World War I.

This profile is part of the Tonkin Name Study.

Lance Corporal Jack Tonkin of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 10th Bn was killed in action 30 Nov 1917 in France. He has no known grave. He is commemorated at the Cambrai Memorial Louverval, France.

De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 Volume 4
TONKIN Jack L-Corpl No 21598, 10th (Service) Battn. Lewis Machine Gun Section, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, s of William Tonkin of 17 St Austell street Truro, co. Cornwall, Mason, by his wife Margaret Annie dau of William Keast; b Truro aforesaid in Oct 1895; educ St Paul's School there; enlisted 11 May 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders and was killed in action at Cambrai 30 Nov 1917. His Sergt. wrote "He was held in high esteem by all who knew him, and proved himself to be a keen and willing soldier, ready to do his duty anywhere" Unm. ^[1]

• Unit History of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
• National Archives UK Medal Card Jack Tonkin
• Imperial War Museum Lives of the First World War John Leslie aka Jack Tonkin
• Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register John Tonkin
• Commonwealth War Graves Jack Tonkin
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 October 2021), memorial page for Jack Tonkin (unknown–1 Dec 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #56030591, citing Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ; Maintained by War Graves (contributor 6) .

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FWX-5QV : 1 October 2014), John Leslie Tonkin, 1898; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Truro, Cornwall, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSHH-G9R : 21 May 2019), John L Tonkin in household of Elizabeth Keast, St Clement, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing St Clement subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7LR-L7J : 18 July 2019), Jack Tonkin in household of William Tonkin, St Clement, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• Jack Tonkin in the Pick a Soldier, Plant a Tree Project