William Henry Tonks

1897 - 1917  (20 years)

• Name	William Henry Tonks
  Birth	8 Jan 1897	Richmond Road, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Miltary Service	Abt 1917
  	14th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment (B Company)
  Service Number	Abt 1917
  	Lance Corporal 4072
  Burial	May 1917	Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
  Death	20 May 1917	France   [2]
  	Cause: Died as a result of wounds
  Notes	In Memory of WILLIAM HENRY TONKS Son of Arthur William and Ada Tonks, of Atherstone, Warwickshire. Lance Corporal 4072 " B " Coy. 14th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment who died on Sunday, 20th May 1917. Age 20. Commemorative Information Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference/ Panel Number: XXV. R. 6A. Location: Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne. Historical Information: During the 1914-18 war, the neighbourhood of the Cemetery became the scene of immense concentrations of British reinforcement camps and of British hospitals. It was remote from attack, except from aircraft, and it was accessible by railway from either the northern or the southern battlefields. In 1917, 100,000 troops were camped among the sand dunes, and the hospitals (which included eleven General, one Stationary and four Red Cross Hospitals and a Convalescent Depot) could deal with 22,000 wounded or sick. In September 1919, ten months after the Armistice, three hospitals and the Q.M.A.A.C. Convalescent Depot remained. The earliest burial in the Cemetery dates from May 1915. There are now nearly 11,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site and over 100 from the 1939-45 War. The cemetery covers an area of 59,049 square metres. The graves lie below three terraces, the midmost of which carries the War Stone and two pylons, and the highest is dominated by the Cross.
  Person ID	I6529	bolstridge
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Arthur William Tonks,   b. 21 Jul 1872, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ada Dewis,   b. 1875, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1893	Nuneaton, : Registration District, England   [3]
  GRO Index	Sep 1893
  	Nuneaton 6d - 669
  Family ID	F951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Jan 1897 - Richmond Road, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England Burial - May 1917 - Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Death - Cause: Died as a result of wounds - 20 May 1917 - France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S208] Information Provided by Caroline Wetton, (Name: All Warwickshire information checked to Regs;). [S144] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Casualty Details First - Second World War, (Name: Debt of Honour Register;). [S52] General Records Office, An Unrequested GRO Index, (Name: On Line at : www.findmypast.com;).