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Surname: TOBIN
Forename(s): William Patrick
Place of Birth: Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Service No: 81905
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Engineers
Battalion / Unit: 202nd Field Coy
Division: 30th Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1916-10-11
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 8 A and 8 D.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
William Patrick Tobin was married to Florence Bateson in 1908.
1911 Preston, Lancashire Census: 38, Schleswig Street - William Tobin, aged 37 years, born Newbridge, Ireland, husband of Florence Tobin, aged 34 years, born Clapham, Yorkshire.
William was a prison warder at H.M. Prison at Preston, Lancashire, before being called up. Both the ‘Craven Herald’ and the ‘West Yorkshire Pioneer’ give different occupations for him in their articles.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Sgt William P. Tobin, 81905, R.E. Theatre of War first served in: 1 - France. Date of entry therein: 10.11.15. K. in A.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Sgt William Patrick Tobin, 81905, 202nd Fld Coy. R.E. Date and Place of Death: 11.10.16. In action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Florence. £12 17s. 10d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Patrick.
William is commemorated on Preston Roll of Honour.
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:
TOBIN, Sergeant W., [Bentham], killed in action in France Oct. 12, 1916.
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Sergeant William Patrick TOBIN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Engineers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 30th Division
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Harris Library, Preston, Lancashire
Submission form for inclusion on the Roll of Honour
Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe
Harris Library, Preston, Lancashire
Preston Roll of Honour
Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe
Harris Library, Preston, Lancashire
Preston Roll of Honour - detail
Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe
The High & Low Bentham men who gave their lives
Top row (l-r): Rfn Ernest Knight Newhouse, Pte John Thornber, Reverend Theodore Bayley Hardy, Pte Richard Wilson, Pte Maurice Richard Bolton, Lieut John Barclay Clibborn, Pte William Throup, Pte Richard Wilcock Carr, A/Cpl William Robinson, Pte James Auton, Pte William Savage. Third row (l-r): L/Cpl David Percival Dixon, Pte John Emmott, Pte Francis Richard Townson, Pte John Adamthwaite, Pte Robert Carter, L/Cpl John Hutchinson, Pte Alfred Edward Gunn, Pte Ezra Stephenson, Pte Edwin Rawlinson Smith, Pte Richard Wearing, Lieut Basil William Ramsbotton. Third row (l-r): Spr Robert Clark, Act L/Cpl Thomas Wilcock, Cpl William Carr, Pte Lawrence Lancelot Dowbiggin, Pte Edward Magoolagan, Pte Isaac Rucastle, Pte Henry Taylor, Cpl Edward Ramskill, L/Cpl Edward Walton Briscoe, Pte Joseph Jackson, Gnr Ernest Wilcock. Fourth row (l-r): Capt Donald Morrison, Sgt Arthur Dean Blackburn, Pte James William Bell, Pte Leonard Nelson, L/Cpl John Edward Leeming, L/Cpl Albert Lister, Pte Percy Preston Whitfield, Cpl Tom Harry Smith, Cpl Thomas Walker Sanderson, Sgt William Patrick Tobin, Pte (Signaller) W. Wilkinson.
Courtesy of the artist, David Hartnup
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20 October 1916
HIGH BENTHAM – ANOTHER WAR FATALITY
The news of the death of Sergt. W. Tobin, of the R.E., reached his mother-in-law, Mrs. Bateson, of Ivy Cottage, Bentham, on Tuesday morning. Sergt. Tobin was a barber at Preston before he was called up, but had previously seen service in the Boer War. He was killed by a shell on the 12th October whilst leading his men. Four others were killed by the same shell. He leaves a wife and two little girls and was highly respected at Preston and by his officers.
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20 October 1916
TOBIN – October 12th killed in action in France, Sergt. W. Tobin, of Bentham.
20 October 1916
BENTHAM MAN KILLED
The news of the death of Sergt. W. Tobin, of the R.E., reached his mother-in-law, Mrs. Bateson, of Ivy Cottage, Bentham, on Tuesday morning. Sergt. Tobin was a tailor at Preston before he was called up. He had previously seen service in the Boer War. He was killed by a shell on the 12th October whilst leading his men, four others being killed by the same shell. He leaves a wife and two little girls. He was highly respected at Preston and by his officers.
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William Patrick Tobin was my Great Grandfather. One of his two daughters was my Grandmother Elizabeth Tobin. My Grandmother died in 2010 aged 100. My family are all based in Preston, Lancashire where William met my Great Grandmother Florence.