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Arthur George St. John Toms
59994
KIA September 15, 1916
The above item and photo are taken from The Memorial of The
Great War, published by the Bank of Montreal and supplied by Marika Pirie
Summary
of Service Record
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May 22, 1895
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Born at Eastbourne, Sussex, England
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Nov 4, 1914
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Attested into the 21st Battalion at
Kingston Ontario
Ø Number 59994 (temporary number 582)
Ø Next of Kin given as Florence Toms (mother) of Flixton Vicarage,
Bungay, Suffolk, England
o Later changed to Mr AA Toms (father) of No 1 Richmond Villas, Rutland
Glebe Ave., Hunstanton England
Ø Previous occupation given as Clerk
Ø Stated to be single
Ø Previous military experience given as 1 ½ years Officer Training
Corps
Ø Religion given as Church of England
Ø Assigned to “E” Company
o Later transferred to the Machine Gun Section
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Mar 29, 1915
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Awarded 15 days detention, offence not
recorded
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama at Montreal
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked at Devonport England and proceeded
to West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent
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Sep 6, 1915
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Forfeits 1 day’s pay for being AWL
(Absent Without Leave)
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked at Folkstone for France
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked at Boulogne France
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Oct 9, 1915
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Admitted to No 2 CCS (Casualty Clearing
Station) at Bailleul with a contusion to right thigh, caused by an accident while he was
in charge of a Machine Gun limber traveling on the Dickebush road going to La Clytte
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Oct 11, 1915
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Transferred to No 25 General Hospital, Etaples
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Nov 21, 1915
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Transferred to No 20 General Hospital, Camiers
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Nov 26, 1915
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Discharged to Base Details at Etaples
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Nov 29, 1915
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Transferred to Base Depot at Rouelles
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Dec 24, 1915
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Discharged to unit
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Dec 25, 1915
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Rejoined the 21st Battalion in the
field
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Jul 14, 1916
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Admitted to No 4 CFA (Canadian Field
Ambulance) with “knee trouble”
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Jul 31, 1916
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At duty from hospital
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Sep 15, 1916
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Killed in Action
Commemorated
on the Vimy Ridge Memorial
This indicates that either his body was
never found, or if found, it was never identified
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Sep 4, 1920
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Memorial Cross sent to his mother at No 1
Richmond Villas, Rutland Glebe Ave., Hunstanton England
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Dec 31, 1920
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Scroll sent to his father at the address above
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Aug 9, 1921
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Plaque sent to father at the address above
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Oct 20, 1921
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1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory
Medals sent to father at the address above
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2010
For the 7
nights leading up to November 11, 2010, the names of all Canadian soldiers were projected
onto the Belgian War Memorial in Ypres. At
the same time, the same names were being broadcast via the internet to schools across
Belgium and Canada. The image above shows
the opening ceremonies at the Belgian War Memorial on November 4, 2010.
Below on the
left is the name of Arthur Toms being projected on that wall. Below right shows the name being broadcast to the
schools. Each name appeared for 25 seconds
and each night 9,700 names were shown.
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