Henry Edward Tonks

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Harry Edward Tonks
• Occupation: Private, 1st Bn., Sherwood Foresters
• Baptism: 13 May 1888, Saint Peter's, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England
• Miltary Service: Abt 1918; 1st Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt.)
• Service Number: 1918; Private 60678

Notes:

In Memory of
H E TONKS
Private 60678
1st Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt.)
who died on
Monday, 27th May 1918. Age 27.
Additional Information: Son of the late Henry and Elizabeth Tonks, of Atherstone, Warwickshire.

Commemorative Information
Cemetery: MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Marne, France
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: XI. H. 3.

Location: Marfaux is 18.5 kilometres from Reims and 16 kilometres from Epernay. Marfaux British Cemetery is about one kilometre south-east of the village along the RD386, on the north-east side of the road to Nanteuil-la-Foret and on the south-east side of the crossroad from Bois-de-Courton. The Marfaux (New Zealand) Memorial takes the forms of a panel stone erected in the shelter in Marfaux British Cemetery, and commemorates, by name, 10 casualties of the New Zealand Cyclist Battalion who fell in July 1918 and who have no known grave.

Historical Information: Marfaux was captured by the Germans in May 1918, and retaken, after severe fighting, on the 23rd July, by the 51st (Highland) and 62nd (West Riding) Divisions and the New Zealand Cyclist Battalion. The cemetery was begun after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the battlefields and from other Military Cemeteries in the Marne; and all these burials, with perhaps three exceptions, are those of soldiers who fell in the months from May to August 1918. There are over 1,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 300 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to eight soldiers from the United Kingdom known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of 12 soldiers from the United Kingdom, buried in other cemeteries, whose graves could not be found. Ten of the New Zealand Cyclist Battalion who fell in July 1918, whose graves could not be found, are commemorated on a memorial erected in the shelter. The cemetery covers an area of 4,162 square metres and is enclosed on three sides by a low rubble wall. The following are short particulars of the burial grounds from which British graves were moved to Marfaux British Cemetery, with the numbers of soldiers from the United Kingdom buried in each and the dates of death :- BASLIEUX MILITARY CEMETERY, a little North of the village of Baslieux-les-Fismes: 41 of 25th Div., May 1918. BOIS-D'AULNAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CHAUMUZY, S.W. of Marfaux across the Ardre: 22, mainly 51st Div., July 1918. BROUILLET GERMAN CEMETERY: 4, May-June 1918. BUSSY-LE-CHATEAU FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, E. of the village: 3, August 1918 (and 800 French, 200 German, 10 American). CHALONS-SUR-VESLE FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY: 1, June 1918. CHAMERY MILITARY CEMETERY, S.W. of the village: 1 (and 19 French). CORMICY FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY (not the permanent MAI Son - BLEUE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, at the Cormicy Aguilcourt cross-roads on the main Laon-Reims road). COURVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY, in S. part of village: 22, May-June 1918 (and 250 French and 130 German). CRUGNY HOSPITAL CEMETERY, a German cemetery: 1, June 1918. CUITRON BRITISH CEMETERY, MARFAUX, in the middle of a cornfield, made by the 62nd Div. Burial Officer: 60 (mainly 8th West Yorks), July 1918. FISMES GERMAN CEMETERY (in Hospital grounds): 1, June 1918. LAGERY HOSPITAL CEMETERY, a German cemetery: 1, June 1918. LES VENTEAUX GERMAN CEMETERY, MONTIGNY-SUR-VESLE: 6, May-June 1918. MARFAUX CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, made by 59th Field Ambulance: 11, June 1918. MONTIGNY-SUR-VESLE MILITARY CEMETERY, used by French until 27th May and then by Germans: 60, May-July 1918 (and 1400 French and 1100 German). MOULIN DE L'ARDRE BRITISH CEMETERY, MARFAUX: 22 (all 51st Div.), July 1918. NANTEUIL-LA-FOSSE MILITARY CEMETERY (Marne), made by Field Ambulances: 38 (and 16 French), May-July 1918. PEVY GERMAN CEMETERY: 5, May-July 1918. POURCY BRITISH CEMETERIES No. 1 and No. 2, MARFAUX, both made by the 62nd Division: 77 and 14, July 1918. PROUILLY MILITARY CEMETERY, started by Germans and continued by French: 7 unidentified (and 500 French and 120 German). ROMAIN MILITARY CEMETERY, near the Chateau: 3, June 1918 (and 350 French and some German). St. GILLES MILITARY CEMETERY: 1, May 1918 (and 756 French and 246 German). SAPICOURT FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, COURCELLES-SAPICOURT: 2, June 1918. SERMIERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION: 3, July 1918 (and 30 French). VAUX-VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY, BOUVANCOURT: 1, buried by enemy, June 1918 (and 400 French and 60 German). VENTELAY FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY: 2 VILLE-DOMMANGE MILITARY CEMETERY: 4, June-July 1918 (and 830 French and 170 German).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Dec 1842, Saint Peter's, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1861; Quarry Stone Cutter
• Occupation: Between 1878 and 1883; Collier
• Residence: 1881, Watling Street, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1887, Ridge Lane, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1891, Quimbey's Yard, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1891; Quarry Miner

Notes:

1881 Census
Henry TONKS M 38 M Mancetter, Warwick, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Quarry Miner
Elizabeth TONKS M 32 F Hartshill, Warwick, England
Rel: Wife
Sarah Ann TONKS 12 F Hartshill, Warwick, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Hatter & Scholar
Joseph TONKS 10 M Hartshill, Warwick, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Farmers Boy
Arth.Wm. TONKS 8 M Mancetter, Warwick, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Ada TONKS 6 F Mancetter, Warwick, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
Rose TONKS 5 F Mancetter, Warwick, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
Harriet TONKS 3 F Mancetter, Warwick, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
Emily E. TONKS 9 m F Mancetter, Warwick, England
Rel: Daur
Watling St, Mancetter

Henry married Elizabeth Brooks on 22 Apr 1868 in Saint Peter's, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Brookes and Benetta Wright) was born in 1849 in Hartshill, Warwickshire, England; died in Mar 1894 in Atherstone, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 15 Mar 1894 in Municiple Cemetery, Sheepy Road, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Parentage: Dau Henry Brookes and Benetta nee Wright
• Baptism: 8 Apr 1849, Congregational Chapel, Chapel End, Hartshill, Warwickshire, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence at marriage: Spon Street, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
• Baptism: 27 Aug 1816, Saint Peter's, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1851, Watling Street, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1851; Groom? (Farmer in Register)

Notes:

1851 Census
Joseph TUNKS Head M 34 M Groom Mancetter-War
Sarah TUNKS Wife M 39 F --- Coventry-War
Henry TUNKS Son - 8 M Scholar Mancetter-War
Sarah Ann TUNKS Daur - 7 F Scholar Mancetter-War
Eliza TUNKS Daur - 5 F Scholar Mancetter-War
Alice TUNKS Daur - 3 F --- Mancetter-War
Mary Jane TUNKS Daur - 8m F --- Mancetter-War
Mancetter Atherstone, Warwickshire

Joseph married Sarah Ward on 23 Nov 1841 in Saint John's, Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Sarah (daughter of William Ward) was born in 1806 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England; died in Mar 1885 in Mancetter, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 8 Mar 1885 in Saint Peter's Churchyard, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence at marriage: Spon Street, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1861, Arbour Houses, Watling Street, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England

Notes:

In the 1861 Census Sarah, a widow lived at Arbour Houses Watling St Mancetter with all her children.
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1881 Census
Sarah TONKS W 75 F Coventry, Warwick, England
Rel: Head
Dorothy E. TONKS 7 F Mancetter, Warwick, England
Rel: Grand Daur
Occ: Scholar
Watling Street, Mancetter, Warwick, England
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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Labourer
• Residence: 1851, Snow Hill, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1851; Ribbon Weaver

Notes:

Henry Brooks Head 43 b.Ansley
Benetta Brookes Wife 43 Silk Winder b. Polesworth

Henry married Benetta Wright on 14 May 1826 in Saint Nicholas, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. Benetta was born in 1808 in Polesworth, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1851; Silk Winder

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: William Tunks
• Residence at marriage: Lea Marston, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: Labourer

William married Elizabeth Hood on 9 Jul 1795 in All Saints, Grendon, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Hood and Mary UNKNOWN) was born in Mar 1773 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England; died in Nov 1856 in Mancetter, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 27 Nov 1856 in Saint Peter's Churchyard, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Apr 1773, Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1851; Laundress Emp 1 House Servant