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Former detective helps uncover mystery of Tolworth World War One solider

Surbiton.com: August 25, 2014 - 4:00am

The mystery of a Tolworth soldier detailed in a letter to the Surrey Comet may have been solved by a former detective.

Mike Hoare, vice-chairman of the Chessington District Residents’ Association, responded to a letter seeking information about Private Albert Henry Brackstone, whose name is engraved on a war memorial near Andover, in Hampshire. Two Longparish residents are attempting to trace all those who appear on the village’s war memorial, for a concert in November. Mr Hoare, who has researched a considerable portion of his own family tree, found further details about Pt Brackstone’s life in the borough.

Brackstone came from Longparish, but moved to Tolworth and lived in Worthington Road after marrying Daisy Winifred Watling in 1915. He was killed in action in 1917.

The white feathers were part of a campaign to shame men into enlisting. Information about those whose names appear on Longparish’s war memorial will be presented on November 14 at St Nicholas’ Church, when the village choir will perform Faure’s Requiem.

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