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Surname: TORNEY
Forename(s): Thomas Frederick Hastings
Place of Birth: Bungay, Suffolk
Service No: ---
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Welsh Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 13th (Service) Battalion. (2nd Rhondda)
Division: 38th (Welsh) Division
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1918-09-03
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 7.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Thomas Frederick Hastings Torney was the son of Richard Hastings Swan and Jessie Gunn Torney, née Woodrow. Richard was born at Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland and Jessie at Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
1911 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Census: Brandon House, Painswick Road - Thomas Torney, aged 13, pupil, born Bungay, Norfolk [sic].
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: 2/Lt Thomas Frederick Hastings Torney, 3rd Welsh Regiment & Lieut attached 13th Welsh Regiment. Correspondence: J.G. Torney applies for late sons medals, 21 August 1921. Medals sent to Dr. Hastings Torney, Cowbridge R.S.O. South Wales.
Thomas is commemorated on the Cowbridge (Glamorgan) War Memorial.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Lieutenant Thomas Frederick Hastings TORNEY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Welsh Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 38th (Welsh) Division
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13 September 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR – Lieutenant T. F. H. Torney
The sad news has been received of the death in action on the 3rd inst. of Lieutenant T. F. H. Torney (Tommy), only son of Captain Hastings, R.A.M.C., and Mrs. Torney, of Cambridge, near Cardiff. Lieutenant Torney, who was educated at Cheltenham College, was a grandson of the late Mr. John Woodrow, of Keighley, and nephew of Mrs. Sam H. Walton, of Skipton. He received his commission on his 19th birthday; was with the 3rd Welsh Regiment, attached to the 13th; and had been out in the fighting zone over two years. The deceased was a fine, manly type of the young British officer, and his untimely end is deeply regretted by many friends whose deep sympathy is extended to the bereaved parents and relatives.
20 September 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR – Lieutenant T. F. H. Torney
We reproduce a photograph of Lieut. T. F. H. Torney (Tommy), only son of Captain Hastings Torney, R.A.M.C., and Mrs. Torney of Cowbridge (not ‘Cambridge’, as erroneously printed last week), near Cardiff; a grandson of the late Mr. John Woodrow, Keighley, and nephew of Mrs. Sam H. Walton, Skipton. The sad event took place in action on the Western Front on September 3rd, as reported in our last week’s issue.
04 July 1919
PEACE SUPPLEMENT TO THE 'CRAVEN HERALD' – CRAVEN'S FALLEN OFFICERS
LIEUTENANT T. F. H. TORNEY
Son of Captain Hastings Torney, R.A.M.C., and a nephew of Mrs. Sam H. Walton, Skipton. Killed in action on September 3rd, 1918.
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13 September 1918
Crosshills Manufacturer’s Bereavement
The death in action is reported of Lieut. T.H. Torney of the West [Welsh] Regiment, and the only son of Capt. Hastings Torney, R.A.M.C. of Cowbridge, Wales. His mother was well known in Airedale before her marriage as Miss Jessie Woodrow, the youngest daughter. The late officer was the only nephew of Mr. James Woodrow, manufacturer, of Crosshills, and he was only twenty years of age.
20 September 1918
Crosshills Manufacturer Bereaved
The death in action is reported of Lieut. T.H. Torney, of the Welsh Regiment, and the only son of Captain Hastings Torney, R.A.M.C., of Cowbridge, Wales. His mother was well known in Airedale before her marriage as Miss Jessie Woodrow, the youngest daughter of the late Mr. John Woodrow, of Keighley. The late officer was the only nephew of Mr. James Woodrow, manufacturer, of Crosshills, and he was only 20 years of age.
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