Peter Tonner
Rank: Private
Service No: 13995
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 4/4/1915
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots (1st Bn)
Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Additional information: Husband of Sarah Tonner of 61 King Street, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Husband of Mrs Tonner, 60 High Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Sarah Tonner.
1901 census information:
Address: 278 King Street, Rutherglen.
Father: Daniel (40) coal miner, born about 1861 in Rutherglen.
Mother: Charlotte (33) born about 1868 in Stirling.
Brother: John (11) born about 1890 in Rutherglen.
Self: Peter (9) born about 1892 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Daniel (11) born about 1890 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Thomas (6) born about 1895 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Hugh (2) born about 1899 in Rutherglen.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Daniel 49, Charlotte 44, John 21, Peter 18, Daniel 16, Thomas 14, Hugh 12, George 9, Charlotte 5 and Mary 2.
Newspaper transcript – Rutherglen Soldier Killed. Mrs. Tonner, 60 High Street, Rutherglen, has received intimation of the death of her husband, Private Peter Tonner (22), of the 1st Battalion Royal Scots, who was killed in action in France.
Private Tonner joined the Army on 3rd September, and went to France on 6th March. Prior to enlisting he was employed at the tube works of Messrs, Stewarts & Lloyds, Rutherglen.