Runge Oscar Julius Tolme Lieut

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Surname: Runge;

Forename(s): Oscar Julius Tolme;

Initials: OJT;

Rank: Lieut;

Born in: Camberwell;

Enlistment Date: 28-Aug-1914;

Resided in: Denmark Hill;

Previous Number: GS/368;

Previous Battalion: 6 of;

Previous Regiment: E Kent Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 18 Coy;

Date abroad: 27-Dec-1915;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 15-Oct-1916;

Awarded: MC;

Other Data: born 29/11/1890
disch to Commsn 12/10/1914 - 15 Middx Regt
war diary 15/10/1916 - describes action - Runge listed as wounded and missing
45639 Pte Jones gave written evidence about his death on date 16/11/1916 - "I saw him killed outright. He was caught by a piece of shrapnel and the Germans finished him with the bayonet. It was on the 15th October - a Sunday. We were taking German trenches againsy Guedecourt. He was standing on the parados of the German trench and when he was wounded he fell into the trench and was bayonetted. We were driven out."

The Times 17/7/1917: Lieut OJT Runge MC, was born in 1890, educated at Dulwich College, The New Beacon at Sevenoaks, and Charterhouse. He studied Engineering at the City & Guilds School, South Kensington where he obtained a diploma, and gained practical experience in the works of Messrs Fraser, Chalmers of Erith. During this period he was a member of the Univ of London OTC. When war broke out he was in Canada with the Canadain Pacific Railways, Montreal. He at once returned home and obtained a commission in the 15th Middx Regt. Later, he was attached to the Queen's Westminster Rifles and subsequently to the MGC. In June 1916 he was awarded the Military Cross and on Oct 15th was reported wounded and missing at Guedecourt. He is now officially presumed to have been killed on that date.
Estate: £336/18/2d

Red Cross Enquiry Card;

Other Notes: RUNGE, Lieutenant, OSCAR JULIUS TOLME, MC, Middlesex Regiment attd. 18th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 15th October 1916. Age 26. Son of Bertha Emma Dora Runge,(nee Schmettau) of 27, Albany Mansions, Battersea, London, and the late Julius Joseph Runge. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B Thiepval Memorial - Somme, France.
MC LG: 03/06/1916;

Related National Archives files: WO339/24620;

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