BORN KIDDERMINSTER 1895. SON OF EDWARD LEIGH TONKINSON (1862-1933) AND SARAH ANN WHALLEY, OF 73 LORNE TERRACE, NORWOOD, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A POST MASTER, AT BEVERLEY POST OFFICE. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A CLERK. UNMARRIED.
HE ENLISTED IN COVENTRY. SERVED AS, PRIVATE, REGINALD TONKINSON, 10486, 11TH ROYAL FUSILIERS, DIED OF WAR WOUNDS, ON 27/02/1917, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTERS, GLADYS M. PRICE AND ELSIE.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, STANLEY TONKINSON ENLISTED IN HULL. WAS POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 14/04/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 15/05/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 20. THE BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE NORWOOD STREET MEMORIAL, BEVERLEY, WITH THEIR OTHER BROTHER SIDNEY, WHO SERVED IN THE CANADIAN ENGINEERS.ON 22/06/1915.
