Thomas Shirley King (1881 - 1917)

Born 14 Dec 1881 in Wellington, New Zealand

Husband of Eleanor Constance (Harris) Tweedie — married 1915 in Epsom, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Died 3 May 1917 at age 35 in France [uncertain]

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Biography

Captain Tom King was Killed in Action during World War I.

Thomas was born in December 1881^[1]. He was the son of Dr Thomas Radford King and Agnes Jane Wickham.

He was educated at the Oratory School, Birmingham, England and Exeter College, Oxford, England.

UK Census Date 1891: Recorded in the household of his uncle Samuel Phipps (along with his father Thomas and sister Mary) in Breakspears Rd, St Paul Deptford, London, England. Aged 9.

UK Census Date 31 March 1901: Recorded as a Boarder in Avenue Road, Abergavenny Urban, Monmouthshire, England. Aged 19.

Occupation: UNDERGRADUATE OXFORD

Thomas married Constance Eleanor Harris in 1915 in Epsom, Surrey, England.^[2]

He served in the 1st World War as 2nd Lieutenant with the 4th Battalion East Surrey Regiment in the South African Campaign. He held an appointment in the Colonial Civil Service in Brunei, British North Borneo.

He re-joined the 4th Battalion as Captain in 1915.

Tragically Tom passed away in 1917, killed in the 1st World War. He was 35 years of age.

He is buried at Arras, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France^[3]

Probate:

Event Date: 21 Jul 1917

Event Place: Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Beneficiary's Name: Eleanor Constance King^[4]

Memorial

Arras Memorial, Arras, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. PLOT: Bay 6.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ UK, Officer Service Records, 1764-1932 DRAFT, ENLISTMENT AND SERVICE
2. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:266X-KN1 : 13 December 2014), Thomas S King and null, 1915; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1915, quarter 2, vol. 2A, p. 14, Epsom, Surrey, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ Captain Thomas Shirley King in the Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
4. ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPLZ-CSV8 : 17 September 2018), Thomas Shirley King, 21 Jul 1917; citing Probate, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124731369

• NZ BDM Birth Records Online: 1881/11759 King Thomas Shirley https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz

• https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/781920/king,-thomas-shirley/

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q8CH-WPZ : 9 December 2017), Thomas S King in household of Samuel Phipps, St Paul Deptford, London, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9T5-4ZJ : 8 April 2016), Thos S King in household of Harold E Lockhart, Abergavenny Urban, Monmouthshire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census,"