Able Seaman
Leonard Tonkin
Military Details
Service Number: R/6097
Regiment & Unit / Ship
Hawke R.N. Div.,R.N.V.R
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
135. Ennerdale Road, Cleator Moor , Cumberland
Rank at Enlistment
Able Seaman
Battalion at Enlistment
Hawke
Service Number at Enlistment
R/6097
Personal Details
Date of Birth
13 November 1897
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Address
135. Ennerdale Road, Cleator Moor , Cumberland
Residence (Census)
135. Ennerdale Road, Cleator Moor , Cumberland
Residence (Roll of Honour)
135. Ennerdale Road, Cleator Moor , Cumberland
Parents
Thomas & Catherine Ann Tonkin
Siblings
Anne , Richard Eli , Eugenie , Bertha , Rees Webber ,Catherine , Thomas
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
7th November 1918
Age at Death
19
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Valenciennes
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of the Sambre
Regiment at Death
R.N. Div.,R.N.V.R
Battalion/Vessel at Death
Hawke
Rank at Death
Able Seaman
Buried or Commemorated at
DENAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
France
Grave Position: D. 24.
Private Memorial: Methodists church Cleator Moor/St Johns war memorial
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