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Walter Toy - Winlock, Washington

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: 6^th Bn., 20^th Engineers, Co. D 

   6^th Bn., 20^th Engineers, Co. D: Dec 13, 1917 - Oct. 17, 1918

  20^th Engineers, 16th Co.: Oct. 18, 1918 - June 12, 1918

Army Serial Number:  250,423

Enlisted: Dec. 13, 1917 Vancouver, WA (age 40)

Promoted: Cook (1918)

Army Discharge: June 12, 1919 Camp Lewis, WA

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – May 28, 1919

  Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

  Grey Eyes, Light Grey Hair, Fair Complexion, Height 5ft 5”

  British Navy 1878-1886

  English Merchant Marine 1886-1888

  U.S. Army 1917-1919

Wife’s Name: Sarah Emmaline Snow

  (b. Dec. 24, 1867 Oakdale, TN) (d. Sept. 30, 1923 Seattle, WA)

   Married: Nov. 12, 1889 Winlock, WA

Fathers Name: Walter Toy

  (b. Dec. 23, 1821 Budock, Cornwall, England)

  (d. April 18, 1915 Carlindack, Mawnan, Cornwall, England)

Mothers Name: Sally Cosier

  (b. 1826 Penryn, Cornwall, England)

  (d. June 10, 1908 Tregenda Cottages, Budock, Cornwall, England)

  Married: June 10, 1848  Budock, Cornwall, England

Brothers: William & Charles Toy

Sisters: Faith, Caroline, Jane, and Emily Toy

Civilian Occupation: Blacksmith & Horseshoer

Born:  Jan 1, 1862 Falmouth, Cornwall, England

Died: Oct. 22, 1926 Winlock, WA (age 64)

Cemetery: Winlock Cemetery, Winlock, WA

Plot: 21