| Surname: | Tongs |
| Initials: | D P |
| Rank: | WOI (RSM) |
| Army Number: | 7685362 |
| Notes: | CMP/RMP. Enlisted in CMP. Died 14/9/1966. Cause of death natural causes, Berlin. Inscription on gravestone: A wonderful husband and father is gone but memories will linger on. Grave Reference: Post War Plot Row J Grave 17. Born 29/5/1917. Shown on RMP Nominal Roll 12/1952 Sgt. Donald Percy Tongs. Extract from the Daily Record, 25 November 1961. "Why RSM hit me" - corporal. A regimental sergeant-major of the Royal Military Police was accused yesterday of hitting a lance corporal because his stomach was sticking out. RSM Donal Percy Tongs, 45, a Regular, was charged at Singapore with striking L/Cpl Andrew Anderson on the stomach with a pace stick on the parade ground on the morning of November 6. Slapped Twice. - Tongs, attached to0 200 Provost Company, pleaded not guilty. He comes from Doncaster, Yorks. Anderson, 25, said that whilst parading that morning the RSM singled him out as an example. "The RSM pointed out to a squad of 20 that I had and exceedingly low stomach. The RSM slapped me twice on the stomach with the back of his hand, " he said. "Before I joined the tanks the FRSM shouted I was a bloody disgrace for a man of my Age," Anderson added. Then Anderson told the court: "A few minutes later as I came to a bad halt, the RSM shouted at me to put my stomach in and hit me with the pace stick. "As a result I had a six inch long red mark and had to hold my stomach". Cross- examined, Anderson admitted the parade was in preparation for the new Provost Marshal's arrival and that he had criticised the RSM's drill instruction in his mind. An Army doctor who examined Anderson said the found a six inch red mark which was tender. The hearing goes on today. |
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| Date of Death: | Sept. 14, 1966 |
| Company: | 247 PRO COY |
| CWGC Link: | 90909 |
| Cemetery: | BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, GERMANY 🇩🇪 |
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