Date of Birth
Unknown
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Stimson Avenue C.S., Northampton; Teacher at Borough Road College
Service number
512631
WW1 rank
Lance Corporal
London Regiment, London Scottish, 1st/14th Battalion
Theatre of war
France, Europe
Date of death
3 April 1917
Buried/memorial
Achicourt Road Cemetery (Grave/Memorial reference: B. 6.)
Biography
Lance Corporal Charles F Tolliday was the son of Frederick and Alice Tolliday. He attended Borough Road College for two years, where he was secretary of the debating society in 1912 and played football. In 1914 he achieved a BA and returned to Borough Road College in 1915, this time as a tutor at Borough Road College. Tolliday served with the 1st/14th Battalion London Regiment, he died on 3 April 1917.
Sources
Entry on p.88 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, 1911-12 Club Officers Photo [BRCCO 005], BFSS/2/9/13/12 [BRCFB012], BRCSYG033, 1913 Annual reports, Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission), Commonwealth War Graves Commission