Toney, Walter Henry (Harry) Inkerman

Age: 25
Date of birth: 1892 (Q2)

Parents: Walter Charles and Mary Toney
Wife: Caroline Greta Toney (nee Newborough)
Address: 32 Crompton Street

Occupation: Worked in the family green grocery business

Harry was born in April or May 1892 and baptised on the 5th June 1892 at St Paul’s Church, Warwick. He was the third of Walter and Mary’s three sons.

Harry’s father had his own greengrocery business at 32 Crompton Street and the family continued to live there for the next 30 years.

In 1911 Harry (18) was working with his parents and his elder brother Charles William (22) in their greengrocer business, while Alfred Frances (20) worked as a butcher’s assistant.

Harry married Caroline Greta Newborough in Stourbridge in March 1916, just eighteen months before his death.

Warwick Advertiser 3rd November 1917

Harry’s brother, Charles, served in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and also died in France, in June 1918.

Walter Snr died in September 1924 and Mary died in May 1926.

Military Service

Rank & Number: Private, 40926
Regiment/Service: 14th (Service) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
Brigade/Division: 63rd Division
Date of death: Thursday, October 25, 1917
Cause of death/Battle: Killed in Action - 3rd Battle of Passchendaele
Commemorated/Buried: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Awards: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated locally at: St Pauls Church, Westgate School

Contributors

  • Unlocking Warwick Research Group
  • Warwick Advertiser excerpt courtesy of Warwickshire County Record Office
  • Memorial photograph courtesy of David Oliver

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