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Surname: TOFT
Forename(s): Harry Reginald
Place of Birth: Redditch, Worcestershire
Service No: B/19761
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 26th (Service) Battalion. (Bankers)
Division: 41st Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1916-06-07
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: B. 4.
CWGC Cemetery: HYDE PARK CORNER (ROYAL BERKS) CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Harry Reginald Toft was the son of John and Mary Ann Toft, née Farnsworth. John was born at Leeds and Mary Ann at Barnsley, Yorkshire.
1901 Ramsey, Huntingdonshire: High Street - Harry R. Toft, aged 8 years, born Redditch, Yorkshire [sic], son of John and Mary A. Toft.
1911 Harrington, Cumberland Census: 24, Rose Hill - Harry R. Toft, aged 18, born Redditch. [Harry was boarding with Sarah Williamson, widow.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Harry R. Toft, B/19761, Royal Fusiliers.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Harry Reginald Toft, B/19761, 26th R. Fus. 4.5.16 to 7.6.16. Theatres of war in which served: 1(a) [France].
A Private J. Toft, Royal Fusiliers, is commemorated on the 1916 panel of Silloth War Memorial.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
TOFT, Harry R., aged 23 years, Royal Fusiliers, Bankers Batt., younger son of the late Rev. John Toft, Wesleyan minister, Barnoldswick, killed in action in France June 7, 1916.
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Private Harry Reginald TOFT
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 41st Division
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16 June 1916
TOFT – June 7th, killed in action in France, Pte. Harry R. Toft, Royal Fusiliers (Bankers’ Battalion), son of the late Rev. J. Toft, formerly of Skipton and Barnoldswick.
16 June 1916
FORMER BARNOLDSWICK RESIDENT KILLED
Information was received in Barnoldswick on Sunday of the death in France of Pte. Harry R. Toft, Royal Fusiliers (Bankers’ Battalion), who was killed in action on the 7th inst. Deceased, who was in his 24th year, was the youngest son of the late Rev. J. Toft, Wesleyan minister formerly of Skipton and Barnoldswick. Previous to enlistment he was a clerk in the employ of the London Joint Stock Bank at Silloth, Cumberland. He had been at the Front about seven weeks. The sad news was conveyed to Mr. J. F. Toft, druggist (brother of the deceased) in a letter from the Rev. E. Sayer Ellis, Wesleyan chaplain to the regiment.
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16 June 1916
FORMER BARNOLDSWICK RESIDENT KILLED
Information was received in Barnoldswick on Sunday of the death in France of Private Harry R. Toft, of the Royal Fusiliers (Bankers’ Battalion), who was killed in action on the 7th instant. Deceased, who was in his 24th year, was the youngest son of the late Rev. J. Toft, Wesleyan Minister, formerly of Skipton and Barnoldswick. Previous to enlistment he was a clerk in the employ of the London Joint Stock Bank at Silloth, Cumberland. He had been at the Front about seven weeks. The sad news was conveyed to Mr. and Mrs. Toft, druggist (brother of the deceased) in a letter from the Rev. E. Sayer Ellis, Wesleyan chaplain to the regiment.
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