Captain THOMAS SHIRLEY KING
Regiment & Unit/Ship
East Surrey Regiment
4th Bn. attd. 7th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 03 May 1917
Age 35 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Thomas Radford King, M.D.; husband of Eleanor Constance King, of "Hilliers", Carshalton, Surrey. Educated at the Oratory School, Birmingham and Exeter College, Oxford. Served as 2nd Lt. with the 4th Bn. East Surrey Regt. in the South African Campaign. Held appointment in Colonial Civil Service in Brunei, British North Borneo. Re-joined the 4th Bn. as Capt. in 1915.
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