Captain Bernard TOOKE (1907)

18th (Service) Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Born 2 February 1889 in Leeds
Killed in action 3 May 1917, aged 28
Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Also commemorated on the war memorial at St Michael’s Church, Headingley, Leeds.

Bernard Tooke was the eldest son of William Oldham Tooke and Jane Ann, née France, of Headingley, Leeds.

He was educated at Bradford Grammar School, and came up to Merton in 1907. After University he was on the staff of the Leeds Education Offices.

He enlisted on 10 September 1914, and was commissioned on 9th March the following year. He served in France, and was Mentioned in Dispatches in 1917.

He was killed in action whilst leading his company at Bullecourt, on 3 May 1917.