Trimmer Samuel Deeble Tonkin of H.M. Trawler Marion Royal Naval Reserve was killed by a mine explosion off Malta on 23 Feb 1918. He is commemorated at the Plymouth Naval Memorial in Devon.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 October 2021), memorial page for Trimmer Samuel Deeble Tonkin (unknown–23 Feb 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #13306558, citing Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England ; Maintained by IWPP Custodial Account (contributor 48586138) .
Sources
"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSHH-X9X : 21 May 2019), Samuel Tonkin in household of John S Tonkin, Paul, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Penzance subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7GM-6DG : 18 July 2019), Samuel Deeble Tonkin in household of John Smith Tonkin, Paul, 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.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
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