THE VILLAGERS OF COLLINGHAM AND LINTON WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR TWO
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Family Background
Robert Henry Tooke was born on the 7th March 1908 in Dover. Robert's father was Harry Tooke, a professional soldier. Harry Tooke was a long term soldier having first enlisted in 1894 and having served through to the First World War. Harry moved to Collingham after the Great War and his story is told in more detail here.
We first find a record of Robert Henry Tooke in the 1911 census. Robert, his mother Sarah Tooke and his sisters, Kathleen Mary and Marjorie Tooke are living in the married quarters of the barracks attached to His Majesty's Military Prison in Woking. Robert's father is listed under the staff of the prison as Lance Corporal Tooke of the Military Provost Staff Corps.
By 1921, Harry had left the army and had moved to Collingham. In the 1921 census, Harry is living at Elmwood Terrace, Collingham, with Sarah, his wife (born in ~1879 in Sandwich, Kent) and his children, Robert (born in Dover), Kathleen (born about 1909 in Newhaven Sussex), Marjorie (born about 1911 in Newhaven), John (born about 1913 in Aldershot) and Edward (born about 1916 in York). Harry was described in this census as a gardener.
The Tooke family continued living in Collingham and in the electoral roll for Collingham for 1930, and again for 1933, the family were living at 3 Garth End, Collingham.
In 1934 Robert Henry Tooke married Nora Agnes Brooks and they made their home together in Collingham and they appear together in the Collingham electoral rolls for 1936, 1937 and in the National Registration roll for 1939 living in Main Street, Collingham.
Service Record
Robert Henry Tooke's name appears on the Supplementary list of electors for Collingham in 1945, annotated with a D, indicating that he had been recently discharged from the services. At present we have not discovered when he joined up, which service or which unit he served with.
After the war
After the war, Robert returned to Collingham and appears on the electoral roll living at 58 Brookside, Collingham from about 1949 to at least 1959.
Robert Henry Tooke, of 35 Garth End, Collingham, died on the 8th January 1972, aged 63.
Biography last updated 23 May 2023 17:54:03.
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