Rev Lancelot Arthur TONKIN [475]
- Born: 29 May 1881, Madron CON
- Marriage (1): Lucy Dorothea FENN [24] 2nd Qtr 1912 in Midhurst SSX
- Died: After 1956
 General Notes:
1881 Birth Madron, Cornwall (June quarter, Penzance 5c 270).
Name:Lancelot Arthur Tonkin
Date of Registration:Apr-May-Jun 1881
Registration District:Penzance
Inferred County:Cornwall
Volume:5c
Page:270
Served as an Army Chaplain in France, joining the war on 24 July 1917. Address in 1922 - 157 Bow Road, E3. (medal card WO 372, no other records survive)
Lance is recorded as travelling on the "Sarpendon" from Liverpool to Durban South Africa departing 21 May 1942. He was aged 60 his address in England was given as St Levan Rectory Porthcurno Penzance. he was a Clerk in Holy Orders.
1939 Register.
The Rectory Church Town , West Penwith R.D., Cornwall, England
Lancelot A Tomkin 29 May 1881Male Clerk In Holy Orders Widowed
Lance was retired and living in South Africa in 1956.
Other Records
1. Census: England, 5 Apr 1891, St Mary Paddington London. Lancelot is described as a pupil aged 9 born Madron CON
2. Census: England, 2 Apr 1911, Rectory Barton on the Heath OXF. Lancelot is recorded as a brother-in-law in the house of the Rev Henry Wheat single aged 29 born Madron CON
Lancelot married Lucy Dorothea FENN [24] [MRIN: 135], daughter of Lieut R.N. Theodore George FENN [8] and Margaret PLAYFORD [9], 2nd Qtr 1912 in Midhurst SSX. (Lucy Dorothea FENN [24] was born on 12 Sep 1877 in Park Cottage Easeborne Midhurst SSX and died on 16 May 1936 in Cornwall, UK.)
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