Category: Military
Rank: Major
Regiment or Ship: Royal Engineers
Date of Birth: 1889
Date of Death: 21.01.1916
Place of Death: Hotel in Derby (suicide)
Place of Burial / Memorials:
Campsall Old Cemetery, Yorkshire, in SW corner; St Andrew’s Church; Town Memorial
Address: Brockley Road, Bexhill
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Family Information
Parents: Lt Col E G Tomblings and Mrs Tomblings of “Banda” AMICE
Additional Information
Account of inquest – the Coroner stated “the deceased had terrible experiences in Gallipoli and physical weakness following a severe attack of dysentery would explain his mental breakdown”; verdict: suicide while temporarily insane