Private 3/8923 Henry TONKS

Private 3/8923 Henry Tonks{gallery}Pte H Tonks{/gallery}1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of the Avre, Second Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 4th June 1918, aged 22

• Buried: Berles New Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave II.B.7
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Arthur and Louisa Tonks [nee Ison now Miles] of Heath Cottage, Sheepy Magna
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: No Known Memorial
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Tonks
• Berles New Military Cemetery
  
• Dorsetshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1896 at Nuneaton
  
• Lived at 16 House, 8 Court, Abbey Street, Nuneaton [1901]
• Lived at 2 House, 21 Court, Abbey Street, Nuneaton [1911]
• Employed as a brickyard labourer [1911]
• Employed as a miner [1914]
• Enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery on 2 Sep 1914 at Nuneaton
• Transferred to Dorset’s 16 Mar 1915. Arrived in Theatre (France) 13 May 1915