Tockley, Philip (Death Record)

TOCKLEY

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 10/13/2008 at 16:07:14

Death Record Plymouth County, Iowa, Courthouse—Book 1

Name: Philip Tockley
Date of birth: Born in England
Date of death: 27 Dec 1899, LeMars, Iowa
Age at death: 52 years
Occupation: Laborer
Married
Buried: LeMars, Iowa, City Cemetery, Block 11-C, Row 3, Grave 6
Courthouse Record: Page 151
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Cause of Death [from funeral home record]: Consumption
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Newspaper item:

Alton Democrat
December 30, 1899

YOUR NAME IN PRINT.
Philip Tockley, who died at LeMars this week, was for sixteen years in the
artillery service of England, enlisting in 1867. He saw service in India,
South Africa and other parts of the globe, and received a medal for bravery
in the Afghan way in 1879. He was under Lord Roberts when that general made
his celebrated march to Kaudahar and was also present at the battle of
Tel-el-Kebir in Egypt in 1882.