Tong, Vernon –

Son of Jane Tong, of 103, Westbrook Street, Bolton, Lancashire, and the late James Thomas Tong. An old boy of the Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Enlisted November 1915. Died of pneumonia in hospital at Alexandria, Egypt.

Personal details

  • Surname: Tong
  • Forename: Vernon
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Not known
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 26
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: December 16th, 1918
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Unit: 3rd Echelon.
  • Service number: S4/157186
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
  • CWGC reference: H. 55.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 19/11/1915 30/01/1919 10/01/1919
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7f 6a 8c*

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