Edwin Charles Tozer
Memorial: Hanham - High Street
Regiment: The Welsh Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Private 14656292
Parents: Samuel and Myra Tozer
Marital status: Married
Home address: 13 Albert Road, Hanham, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Store Keeper at Aircraft Factory. He was also a Deacon at the Tabernacle Reformed Church
Date of birth: 22/06/1916
Place of birth: Bristol
Date of death: 28/07/1945
Buried/Commemorated at: Rangoon War Cemetery (Ref. Coll. Grave 4. B. 6-20), Myanmar
Age: 29
Further information:
Edwin's father was a tar still man. Edwin worked at Bristol Aircraft Company in Filton before being called up for military service. During an air raid on B.A.C he was the last to go to the shelter cover. As he approached the shelter a bomb made a direct hit, killing all those inside, Edwin was shook up and wounded
He married Hilda Marion Tozer in 1942
Edwin was killed in an ambush in Burma, he was preparing to return home when he and three other colleagues were blown up in their truck
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information is based by kind permission on the following sources:
1) Booklet ‘Not Just a Name on Stone’ by Hanham Local History Society
2) Thanks to Mr R Crew and Mrs. M Antill of Hanham Local History society for their help
3) Jo Hurst, Volunteer researcher for the Second World War Stories Project.