Nathaniel George Toms

Memorial: Wickwar - Holy Trinity Church

Regiment: Grenadier Guards

Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Lance Corporal 17881

Parents: William and Sarah Toms (nee Wensley)

Marital status: Married

Home address: Hart House, High Street, Wickwar, Glos

Pre-war occupation: Apprentice Wheelwright Carpenter in 1911

Date of birth: 1892

Place of birth: Wickwar, Glos

Date of death: 06/10/1915

Buried/Commemorated at: Loos Memorial (Panel 5 to 7), France

Age: 23

Further information:

Nathaniel George Toms was the son of William and Sarah Toms (nee Wensley). He was born in Wickwar in about October 1892. He was brother to William, Sidney, Lily, Percy, Alec, Annie, Denys and Edith. William and Denys died in infancy, there was another sibling that cannot be identified since they do not appear on any census. The family lived at Hart House, High Street, Wickwar. Nathaniel was working as an apprentice wheelwright carpenter in 1911. His father was a blacksmith, as was his father before him and he was born in Devon

Nathaniel married Emma Louisa Griffin on 8 May 1915 in Gloucester. She remarried in 1920 and became Emma Hill

Nathaniel enlisted in Bristol and joined the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards as a guardsman, he was later promoted to Lance Corporal. He was Killed in Action at the Battle of Loos in Flanders in October 1915 at the age of 23. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, Victory and British War medals

Nathaniel George Toms is remembered on the Loos Memorial in France. He is also remembered on the Wickwar Holy Trinity Church Memorial, the Wickwar Village Hall Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Wickwar

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Yate and District Heritage Centre and the book “Lest We Forget” by Arthur Threlfall Searson. Forces War Records and CWGC