Pte
John Toman
Military Details
Service Number: 5/3097
Regiment & Unit / Ship
5th Northumberland Fusiliers
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Rank at Enlistment
Pvt
Battalion at Enlistment
1/5th
Service History
Theatre of War:France Date Entered:17 April 1915 UK Register of Soldiers Effects: Amount Authorized: £2.10s.8d. Plus War Gratuity £3. To Whom Authorized: Widow, Mary Newcastle Journal - 8 June 1915: 5th Northumberland Fusilliers KILLED. Private J. Toman, Wallsend, killed. Jarrow Express - 11 June 1915: Private J. Toman, 5th Northumberland Fusiliers, of Wallsend, is reported killed.
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1895
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor, Cumberland
Religion
R.C.
Residence (Census)
26 Railway Street, Littleburn, Brandon & Byshottles, Durham
Parents
Son of Hugh and Bridget Toman née Stafford. Married 1894 Whitehaven Registration District, Cumberland.
Siblings
Sibling of Mary Jane, Hugh, Bridget 1898-1999, Bridget, William, 1903-1903, Catherine 1904-1906, Robert, Kathleen 1909-1911, Margaret and Mary Alice Toman
Married
Husband of Mary Elizabeth Toman née Johanson. Married 22 December 1913, St Jude’s, South Shields Co Durham.
Children
Father of Margaret Toman born 1914 Tynemouth Registration District.
Remarriage of Widow
To Michael O’Mann 21 August 1916, South Shields
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Coal Miner Pony Driver
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
26th May 1915
Age at Death
20
Circumstances of Death
Died of gas poisoning
Place of Death
No 14 General Hospital, Wimereux, France
Theater of Action
Flanders
Battle
Second Battle of Ypres
Regiment at Death
Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
5th
Rank at Death
Pte
Buried or Commemorated at
WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Belgium
Grave Position: I. I. 13.
Private Memorial: St Marys RC Church Cleator WW1 Memorial ,Crucifix, Our Lady & St. Aidan, Wallsend, Northumberland.
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