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Name : Thomas Adolphus Dunning Son of the late Thomas Dunning and Mary Jane Dunning (formerly Oliver, née Wolfreys); husband of Florence Emily Jackson (formerly Dunning, née Ellis), of 23, Landseer Avenue, Manor Park. Born 1887 Godshill. Married 1913, Florence Emily Ellis, (registered Mar 1913 qtr, Fulham). She was his cousin, her parents being Robert and Charlotte Ellis (see 1911 Census entry). They had 4 daughters : Mabel F. (registered Jun 1913 qtr, Fulham); Mary C. (registered Sep 1914 qtr, West Ham); Florence M. (registered Sep 1917 qtr, West Ham); Winifred V. (registered Mar 1919 qtr, West Ham). |
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Census information : 1891 : Thomas and Mary Dunning, with their children including Thomas aged 3, are at Providence Cottage, Clevelands Shute, Wroxall. Thomas Dunning snr is a Cowman labourer. 1901 : Thomas and Mary Dunning, with their children including Thomas aged 13, are at Week Farm, Godshill. Thomas Dunning snr is an Ordinary Agricultural Labourer; Thomas Dunning jnr is a Labourer on Farm. 1911 : Thomas Dunning, aged 23, is shown as the Nephew of Robert and Charlotte Ellis, at 5 Mendora Road, Fulham, London, SW. Thomas Dunning is a Gardener (domestic). |
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Service Details : Corporal 208502 Thomas Adolphus Dunning, Royal Air Force, Air Constructional Service |
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Casualty Details : Died : 7 September 1919 aged 32, at Netley Hospital, Southampton. Buried at : Woodgrange Park Cemetery, East Ham, London, in the same plot as in parents-in-law who were also his uncle and aunt. CWGC Record |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
St Lawrence Roll of Honour (he had not died when this Roll was created) |
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Documents :
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, September 12, 1919 Page 2 DEATH DUNNING. - On September 7th at Netley Hospital, Corpl. T.A. Dunning, R.N.A.S., only son of Mr. T. Dunning, of Rose Cottage, St. Lawrence, and husband of Mrs. Dunning, of Manor Park, Essex, aged 32 years. |
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Further information : Netley Hospital Woodgrange Park Cemetery photo of grave The headstone inscription reads : IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND ROBERT ELLIS WHO DIED 14TH FEB 1924 AGED 59 YEARS. ALSO CHARLOTTE ELLIS WIFE OF ABOVE WHO PASSED AWAY 3RD JANUARY 1925 AGED 63 YEARS. ALSO THOMAS A. DUNNING SON-IN-LAW OF ABOVE WHO DIED 7TH SEP 1919 AGED 32 YEARS "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" |
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Family information : Jon Baker writes in March 2012 :
I notice on the CWGC site that Thomas was married to Florence Emily Jackson, formerly Dunning.
I have tracked down this marriage, Thomas married Florence Emily Ellis in 1913 in Fulham district.
It seems also likely that they had 4 daughters between 1913 and 1919, Mabel F (1913), Mary C (1914),
Florence M (1917) and Winifred V (1919). Florence Emily remarried in 1921 to James E Jackson in West Ham.
I have to assume that the CWGC details were collected after 1925 since the additional information states that
Thomas was the son of the "late T and M Dunning". His father actually died in 1925, his mother had died in 1903
and his step-mother in 1914.
The Dunnings moved to the Isle of Wight from Dorset (Buckland Newton/Alton Pancras) in the 1880s. For some reason the 3 eldest brothers all migrated to the Island, but none of the rest of the family. Their parents and younger siblings all remained in Dorset. Thomas' Grandparents were my 4 x Great Grandparents (Henry Dunning and Jane Mullet), their daughter Melina married Daniel Cole and this daughter Emily Cole married my 2 x Great Grandfather Charles Downton in Buckland Newton and soon after they moved to Shorwell. I wonder if Charles' decision to move to the Island was influenced by the Dunnings who moved there a few years earlier. Emily Cole's eldest sister Mary Ann Cole married Thomas Dunning in 1904 and so was the step-mother of Thomas Adolphus when he was about 16. There are several cousin marriages in this family group. |
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Acknowledgments : Janet Griffin for newspaper research. Jon Baker for additional family information. |
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Page last updated : 20th March 2012 - added notes from Jon Baker |
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