Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book, GEORGE CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109430, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TOMPKINS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Ordinary Signalman, No. J20250, R.N., H.M.S. Triumph, only _s._ of Thomas Tompkins, of 14, College Park Terrace, Willesden Junction, N.W., Gardener in Hyde Park under H.M. Office of Works, by his wife, Annie Ellen, dau. of Robert Margetts; _b._ Faringdon, co. Berks, 14 Feb. 1897; educ. Kenmont Garden Council School, College Park, N.W.; joined Royal Navy, 22 Sept. 1912; was drafted to Portsmouth Depot, 30 Aug. 1913; and sailed for the Dardanelles in H.M.S. Irresistible, 19 Feb. 1915. This ship was sunk by a drifting mine during the attack on the Narrows, 18 March following. He was saved and taken on board H.M.S. Ocean, which was also sunk in the same way immediately afterwards. Saved for the second time that day, he was appointed to H.M.S. Triumph, and was drowned when that ship was sunk by torpedo fire off Gaba Tepe, 25 May, 1915. His body was recovered by a trawler (705) and taken to H.M.S. Blenheim, from which it was buried at sea; _unm._ The Chief Yeoman of Signals of the Triumph wrote: "He was a very promising young fellow, and would have done well in his profession. I cannot say too much for him." At school he won two scholarships and also the L.C.C. first prize for carpentry. [Illustration: =William John Tompkins.=] =TOMS, ARTHUR WOODLAND=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Devonshire Regt. (Special Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 2nd _s._ of Frederick Woodland Toms, of 1, Claremont Terrace, Jersey, F.I.C., Official Analyst, by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late Frazer Hopwood, of Fauresmith, Orange River Colony; _b._ St. Helier's, Jersey, 25 April, 1891; educ. Victoria College there; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Devonshire Regt. (Special Reserve), 7 Feb. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 14 Feb. 1914. For some time before the outbreak of war he had been preparing for service under the Colonial Office, and received the offer of an appointment in West Africa from the Secretary for the Colonies three days before the declaration of war. He went to France, 6 Nov., and was accidentally killed, 27 Nov. 1914, while on active service, and was buried in the cemetery at Estaires, Nord; _unm._ The officer commanding 3rd Devonshire Regt. wrote: "He was a great favourite in the regt, and a most capable officer." In 1913 and 1914 Lieut. Toms captained the "Young Soldiers'" shooting team of his regt. [Illustration: =Arthur Woodland Toms.=] =TOMS, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 170693, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TONKINSON, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 599), S.S. 805, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TOOGOOD, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3730), 191822, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TOOLEY, JOHN JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13005, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =TOOMER, CECIL WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10181, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TOOMEY, ARCHIBALD ROCHE=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Prince of Wales' Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), eldest _s._ of Archibald Montgomery Toomey, of 20, Palmerston Park, Dublin, by his wife, Nina, dau. of Surg.-Major James Roche Nagle; _b._ Dublin, 17 Dec. 1891; educ. St. Stephen's Green School; Portora Royal School, and Trinity College, Dublin (Medical School); volunteered on the outbreak of war and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 6th Leinsters, 26 Aug. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 5 Aug. 1915, to 10 Aug. 1915; killed in action at Suvla Bay on the later date; _unm._ =TOOP, EDWARD CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5115), 195218, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TOOSEN, ENDOXIL=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TOPHAM, GEORGE SAMUEL=, L.-Corpl., No. 1358, 1/5th Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs) (T.F.), yst. _s._ of William Topham, of Arlesey, co. Bedford, Engine Driver, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of William Bowskill, of Arlesey; _b._ St. Neots, co. Huntingdon, 2 Feb. 1896; educ. Arlesey Council School, and was apprenticed to Messrs. Levitt & Sons, Outfitters, of Arlesey, and then moved to Luton, later going to Cranbrook, Kent. Volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined The Buffs on or about 6 Aug. 1914; left for India, 29 Oct., where he remained until Nov. 1915, when he was ordered to the Persian Gulf, and died there 17 Jan. 1916, of wounds received in action on the 6th: _unm._ [Illustration: =George Samuel Topham.=] =TOPHAM, HENRY ANGRAVE CECIL=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army, attd. 1st Battn. The Welsh Regiment, elder _s._ of John Henry Topham, of Morley Hall, co. Derby, by his wife, Dorothy Marion, dau. of George Henry Angrave; _b._ Derby, 14 Oct. 1891; educ. Malvern and Clare College, Cambridge (graduated B.A., Dec. 1913), and was in both the school and college O.T.C. He obtained a university commission as 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, 21 Jan. 1913, and his rank was made substantive, 5 Aug. 1914. He was on the point of sailing for India when war was declared, but was posted to the 4th Sherwood Foresters at Backworth, Northumberland, where he remained until the end of Feb. 1915, when he was sent to France, being attached for the period of the war to the 1st Battn. Welsh Regt. He took part in the 2nd Battle of Ypres, and on 24 May, his regt. being ordered to join in a counter-attack, he was severely wounded in the head by a piece of high explosive shell, near Ypres, dying the next day, 25 May, 1915, at Bailleul Clearing Hospital, where he had been taken, and was buried in the Military Cemetery there (No. 1125). An officer wrote: "We were all so fond of him and he is indeed a great loss. He was of great assistance to me in the field, for I could rely on him, and in addition he had the happy knack of commanding men." [Illustration: =Henry A. C. Topham.=] =TOSH, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 551, 8th Australian Light Horse, only _s._ of James Tosh, of Third Part, Crail, Fife, by his wife, Jessie Christine (Mansefield, Anstruther), only dau. of Alexander Campbell Macandie; _b._ 30 Sept. 1885: educ. Clifton Bank School, St. Andrews, and afterwards learnt sheep-farming in one of the Border counties; then proceeded to Australia and acted as assistant to the owner of Barunah, one of the largest sheep-runs in the Colony of Victoria. After a short visit home in 1910, he returned to Australia and started farming on his own account, but on the outbreak of war disposed of his property and joined the Australian Light Horse. He was wounded in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, and died half an hour afterwards, 7 Aug. 1915, being buried in the 8th L.H. Burial Ground, on the beach; _un |