Tonge | J | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
Tonge | J | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
Tonge | J | 5212 | Private | QSA (1) DoL
Provisional list of recipients
Source: Ladysmith Siege Account and Medal Roll | (King's) Liverpool Regiment |
Tonge | J | 6649 | Private | 4th Battalion, 20th Mounted Infantry
Source: QSA roll | Lancashire Fusiliers |
Tonge | S | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Manchester Regiment |
Tonge | S | 5382 | Private | Wounded. Harrismith, 26 October 1900
2nd Battalion.
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll | Manchester Regiment |
Tonge | S R | | | 3rd Battalion
Source: Medal rolls | Cheshire Regiment |
Tonge | T | 11/2893 | Private | Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1879 | (King's Own) Royal Lancaster Regiment |
Tonge | T | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | 69th Battery, RFA |
Tonge | W | 7674 | Corporal | 3rd Battalion
Demise: Drowned 07 Jan 1906
Place: Middelburg. EC
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt | Manchester Regiment |
Tonge | W C | | Captain | MID LG: 10 September 1901, page: 5939. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 4 September 1901. Re: General mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | Norfolk Regiment |
Tonge | W C | | Captain | MID LG: 29 July 1902, page: 4843. Source: General Kitchener. 23 June 1902. Re: Final despatch & mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | Norfolk Regiment |
Tonge | W H | 8922 | Private | 1st Volunteer Company, 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA roll | Lancashire Fusiliers |
Tonge | William Corrie | | Major | TONGE, WILLIAM CORRIE, Major, was born 14 April 1832, son of William John Tonge, of Morants Court, Sevenoaks, Kent. He was educated at Brighton; Tonbridge School and Cheltenham College, and entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1881. He became Lieutenant, the Norfolk Regiment, in 1882; served in South Africa, 1884-85, with Sir Charles Warren's Expedition to Bechuanaland. He became Captain in 1889. He served in the South African War, 1900-2; was mentioned in Despatches twice; received the Queen's Medal with three clasps; the King's Medal with two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 31 October 1902]: "William Corrie Tonge, Major, Norfolk Regiment. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". He became Major 23 July 1902, and retired 29 March 1905; was Lieutenant Colonel commanding the 3rd Battalion in 1910. He served in the European War; was mentioned in Despatches, and received the Brevet of Colonel. Colonel Tonge married, in 1898, Caroline Annie, daughter of Thomas Oliver, of Horsham, Sussex, and they had one son.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Norfolk Regiment |
Tongridge | M | | Mr | Died of enteric at Ladysmith. 27 Feb 1900.
Source: Natal Field Force Casualty Roll, page 236 line 30 | Unknown |
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