Frank Harold Tolley

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

465122

Unit at enlistment:

Royal Army Medical Corps

Force:

B.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Devonshire

Birth city:

Plymouth

Address at enlistment:

40 Burwell Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

40 Burwell Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Driver

Employer:

Brantford Street Railway

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX August 18, 1915

F. Tolley A Victim? – Local Man, Member of R.A.M.C. Expected to Go to the Dardanelles

Frank Tolley, late motorman on the Brantford Street railway and now a member (1886) R.A.M.C., Territorial Force, may have been on the Royal Edward when she was sunk by a German submarine.

He left here about two months ago to return to the old land to rejoin his old corps, the R.A.M.C. Yesterday a letter was received by J. Simpson, 193 Brant Avenue, also a member of the street railway staff, from Tolley, who at the time of writing, August 1, was with his corps at Ford House, a hospital in Devon, England, after training for two weeks at Salisbury. In part he said:

I went to Salisbury first, but I was only there two weeks when I was sent to Ford House. It is a fairly large hospital, which will hold 500 patients. I have seen quite a large number of terrible wounds. Today we were inspected, and they are sending a bunch of us to the Dardanelles. I hope to go with them. You may guess I am looking forward to go at any rate.

If he left in that section for the Dardanelles it might well be that he was on the ill-fated boat which was sunk by the German undersea boat, as the time of leaving would allow the boat to reach the Aegean Sea by Saturday last.

BX October 31, 1975

TOLLEY, Frank Harold – Suddenly at the Brantford General Hospital, on Friday, October 31, 1975, in his 85th year, Frank Tolley of 19 North Park Street, beloved husband of Marguerita Tolley; dear father of Harold and Dennis, both of Brantford. Also survived by six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mr. Tolley was an active member of St. James’ Anglican Church. Visitation at the McCleister Funeral Home Ltd., 30 Brant Avenue, after 2 p.m., on Sunday. Funeral service in the chapel on Monday at 2 p.m., with Rev., Keith Mills of St. James’ Anglican Church officiating. Interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.