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Second Lieutenant DAVID WILSON TONKING

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD

III. B. 67.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 10th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John H. and Martha Janet Tonking, of Trevu, Camborne, Cornwall.
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Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD
Nord France
Number of casualties: 4580
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