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GODALMING,
CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL MEMORIAL CHAPEL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information compiled by Eric Webb & Chris
Wheeler 2008-2009
Copyright © Charterhouse School 2008
Extra detail Martin Edwards & Mal Murray
GREAT
WAR 1914-1918
SURNAMES T
| TATE |
Alan
Charles Richmond |
 Lieutenant
(Pilot), 79th Squadron, Royal Air Force and General List. Died from
a fractured skull, received in a flying accident (crashed) when
flying in a Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin, serial number C4126, 2 May 1918.
Born 24 August 1895. Aged 22. Baptised Meerut, St John, Bengal.
Native of Quetta, India and Bournemouth, Hampshire. Son of Colonel
Alan Edmondson Tate [listed as Ian Edmondson on CWGC], C.S.I., C.M.G.,
India Army Medical Service (Retd.) and Zaidee Tate, of 26, Wimbourne
Road, Bournemouth. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born India,
son of Zaidee tate, resident Gordon Road, Camberley, Frimley, Farnham,
Surrey. A former pupil of Fonthill School (admitted 1905) and then
Charterhouse. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Simla, India,
at school, son of Zaidee tate, resident 3, the Parade, Bognor, Sussex.
Enlisted 27 July 1917, aged 21 years 10 months, formerly Third Class
Air Mechanic 85781, Royal Flying Corps, discharged at South Farnborough
20 October 1917 to take up temporary commission, aged 22 years 2
months, height 6 feet, chest 38-42 inches, trade Miscellaneous Aviator.
Admitted to Liverpool Merchants Hospital, Etaples, Pas de Calais,
France, 12 April 1918, discharged to duty 19 April 1918. Buried
in ST. POL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. POL-SUR-TERNOISE, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 11.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 4, page
268:
TATE,
ALAN CHARLES RICHMOND, Lieut., Royal Air Force, elder s.
of Colonel Alan Edmondson Tate, C.M.G., A.D.M.S., of Quetta, India,
by his wife, Zaidee (20, Wimbourne Road, Bournemouth), dau. of the
late Frank White, of Loughborough, co. Leicester; b. Simla,
India, 24 Aug. 1895; educ. Charterhouse, and Stonyhurst; being debarred
on account of lameness from serving in the Army on the outbreak
of war, he joined the Croix Rouge in France, serving as an Orderly
from May, 1916, until May, 1917; joined the Royal Flying Corps as
a Cadet 21 Oct. 1917; gazetted 2nd Lieut., and Lieut. 1 April, 1918,
having obtained his Wings 14 Feb., and his Pilot's certificate at
the same time; joined the 79th Squadron, and served with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders from March, 1918, and was killed in
aerial action 2 May following, while flying on an offensive patrol.
Buried in the British Military Cemetery, St. Pal. His Commanding
Officer wrote: "Early in this battle he distinguished himself,
when he had to land near the line and lent his services to the infantry.
. . . He would have done great things if he had been spared. He
was a charming fellow to live with, and one of the great assets
to the squadron. Men as well as brother officers had the warmest
feelings for him." Unm. |
| TATHAM |
Basil
Owen |
 Captain,
3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
in action 23 April 1915. Born 25 January 1884. Aged 31. Baptised
11 February 1884 in Weybridge, St James, Surrey. Son of Arthur Thomas
and Elena Hale Tatham, of 65, Oakwood Court, Kensington, London,
and formerly of Doddlespool Hall, Staffordshire, and the late Eliza
Hale Tatham. In the 1901 census he was aged 17, born Weybridge,
Surrey, a student boarder, resident Hindhead Road, Godalming, Guildford,
Surrey. Manager of a rubber plantation in the Federal Malay States
after resigning his commission in the 3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire
Regiment, which he had attained in June 1902. Sailed to Singapore
11 March 1909 aboard the "Somali" from London. Returned
to his old unit following the outbreak of war. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
21 and 31. See also Ipoh
War Memorial, Malaysia
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1898:
Tatham,
Basil Owen. b. 25 Jan., 1884. (Bodeites); Left C.Q., 1901.-Joined
3rd E. Yorkshire Regt., 1902.
B. O. Tatham, Esq., Docldlespool Hall, Crewe.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1916:
TATHAM
Basil Owen of Doddlespool Hall Crewe captain
3rd battalion East Yorkshire regiment died 23 April 1915 in France
Probate London 9 February to Arthur Thomas Tatham
esquire and Cyril Eade solicitor. Effects £574 13s. 10d.
Extract
from Nantwich Guardian - Tuesday 4 May 1915, page 3:
DEATH
OF CAPTAIN TATHAM.
Captain
Basil Owen Tatham, East Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed April
25th. was 31 years of age. The elder surviving son of Mr. Arthur
Thomas Tatham. Doddiespool Hall, Betley, Crewe, was educated at
Charterhouse, and was gazetted to the 3rd East Yorkshire Regiment
in June, 1902. On taking up the managership of a rubber plantation
in the Federal Malay States in 1912, he resigned his commission,
but the outbreak of the present war at once offered his services,
returned home, and was gazetted to his old reigment in the same
rank in September last. He took a draft to the front last February,
and at the time of his death was attached to the 2nd Battalion.
Extract
from Broad Arrow - Friday 7 May 1915, page 28:
Capt.
Basil Owen Tatham, East Yorkshire Regiment. who was killed
on the 25th ult., aged thirty-one, was the elder surviving son of
Mr. A. T. Tatham, of Daddlespool Hall, Crewe. He was educated at
Charterhouse and was gazetted to the 3rd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
in 1902. On taking up the managership of a rubber plantation in
the Federated Malay States in 1912 he resigned his commission, but
on the outbreak of the present war he offered his services and returned
home, being posted to his old regiment in the same rank in September
last. At the time of his death he was attached to the 2nd Bn. |
| TAUNTON,
MC |
Oscar |
 Lieutenant,
1st (East Lancashire) Field Company, Royal Engineers attached to
East Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds 14 June 1915. Aged 21.
Son of Mr. Henry P. and Mrs. Katherine L. Taunton, of Redlynch,
Salisbury. Educated at Lindley Lodge and Charterhouse. Awarded the
Military Cross (M.C.). In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Downton,
Wiltshire, son of Henry P and Katherine L Taunton, resident Redlynch
Farm, Redlynch, Salisbury, Wiltshire. In the 1911 census he was
aged 17, born Downton, Wiltshire, a Student technical engineering,
boarding at Riversdale, 17, Edge Lane, Chorlton, South Manchester,
Lancashire. Buried in EAST MUDROS MILITARY CEMETERY, Lemnos, Greece.
Plot I. Row C. Grave 73. Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
volume 2, page 462:
LIEUTENANT
OSCAR TAUNTON, M.C., 1st EAST LANCASHIRE FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL ENGINEERS,
T.F., born on the 24th December, 1893, was the younger
son of Captain H. Percy and Mrs. Taunton, of Redlynch, Salisbury.
He was educated at Lindley Lodge and Charterhouse, and received
his commission in the Territorial Engineers in June, 1913. On the
outbreak of the Great War he undertook Imperial Service obligations,
and went with his Company to Egypt in September, 1914, becoming
Lieutenant in January, 1915, and proceeding to Gallipoli Peninsula
in the following April. He was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous
gallantry on the 4th June, when, to quote the official description
of the incident, "he held back the enemy, almost single-handed,
from advancing along a trench which was much exposed. By means of
bombs and hand-grenades he personally held his position for over
two hours. He picked up several of the enemy's bombs and threw them
back before they exploded." Lieutenant Taunton did not live
to receive the decoration, as he died on the 14th June, 1915, from
wounds received on the previous day, and was buried at Mudros, on
Lemnos.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
TAUNTON
Oscar of Redlynch Wiltshire lieutenant
in H.M. Army died 14 June 1915 killed in action in Turkey Probate
Salisbury 13 August to Katherine Livingstone Taunton
(wife of Henry Percy Taunton). Effects £82 19s.
Resworn £1080 2s. 10d.
Extract
from Army and Navy Gazette - Saturday 31 July 1915, page
18, and Larne Times - Saturday 31 July 1915, page 8, and
Liverpool Daily Post - Monday 26 July 1915, page 4, and
Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser -
Monday 26 July 1915, page 5, and Northern Whig - Monday
26 July 1915, page 6, and London Evening Standard - Monday
26 July 1915, page 26, and Sheffield Daily Telegraph -
Monday 26 July 1915, page 8, and Evening Mail - Monday
26 July 1915, page 8, and Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
- Monday 26 July 1915, page 3, and Stockton Herald, South Durham
and Cleveland Advertiser - Saturday 31 July 1915, page 7:
Lieutenant
Oscar Taunton, 1st East Lancashire Field Co., Royal Engineers,
Territorial Force.
For
conspicuous gallantry on June 4, 1915, during operations S. of
Krithia, Dardanelles, when he held back the enemy from advancing
along a trench on the left flank, which was much exposed. By means
of bombs and hand grenades he personally held his position for
over two hours. He picked up several of the enemy's bombs and
threw them back before they exploded.
Extract
from Western Gazette - Friday 9 July 1915, page 12:
TAUNTON.—On
the 14th June, at the Dardanelles, of wounds received in action,
Oscar (Lieutenant East Lancashire Division R.E.), younger son of
Percy and Katharine Taunton, Redlynch, Salisbury, aged 21.
Extract
from Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Saturday 3 July 1915, page
7:
FATALLY
WOUNDED AT THE DARDANELLES.
Lieut.
Oscar Taunton, 1st East Lancashire Field Company, Royal Engineers
(T.F.), has died of wounds received in the fighting at the Dardanelles.
Deceased, who was 21 years of age, was the younger son of Mr. H.
Percy Taunton. J.P., and County Councillor for Wilts, of Redlynch.
Simultaneously with the intelligence of Lieut. Taunton's death is
published the announcement that his uncle, Dr. W. Taunton, of Cheltenham,
has passed away, at the age 65.
Extract
from Clifton Society - Thursday 29 July 1915, page 6:
LIEUTENANT
OSCAR TAUNTON.
Lieutenant
Oscar Taunton, of the 1st East Lancashire Field Co. R.E., son of
Mr. Taunton, J.P , of Redlynch, the well-known Wiltshire cricketer
and County Councillor, has been killed in action. He was awarded
the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry on June 4, 1915, during
operations S. of Krithia, Dardanelles, when he held back the enemy
from advancing along a trench on the left flunk, which was much
exposed. By means of bombs and hand grenades he personally held
his position for over two hours. He picked up several of the enemy's
bombs and threw them back before they exploded. |
| TAYLOR |
Cecil
Salusbury |
Lieutenant
Colonel. Born 6 June 1867, son of William Francis and Augusta Charlotte
Taylor; husband of Ethel Taylor of 89, North Side, Clapham Common,
London. Baptised 18 July 1867 in Doveridge, Derbyshire. He was at
Charterhouse [R then G] 1881 - 1882. In the 1871 census he was aged
3, born Derbyshire, son of William F and Augusta C Taylor, resident
Warrior Square, St Mary Magdalen, Hastings, Sussex. In the 1881
census he was aged 13, born Doverridge, Derbyshire, a school boarder,
resident Hindhead Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. In 1887 He
was commissioned into the Royal Artillery, he then pursued a regular
army career. Married Ethel Allardice 4 November 1897 in Scarborough,
All Saints, Falsgrave, Yorkshire (North Riding). In the 1911 census
he was aged 44, born Doverridge, Derbyshire, an Army Regular Forces
Major, married to Ethel Taylor for 13 years, resident 3, Trinity
Road, Sheerness, Kent. In the Great War he served with 28th Heavy
Artillery Group, Royal Garrison Artillery. He was twice mentioned
in despatches. He died of wounds on 6 November 1916. He became a
Gentleman Cadet 13 May 2885, Second Lieutenant 16 May 1887, Lieutenant
16 February 1890, Captain 1 October 1897. His grave is at BERNAFAY
WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN, Somme, France. Row H. Grave 33.
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1881:
Taylor,
Cecil Salusbury. b. 6 June, 1867. (Robinites-Girdlestoneites);
Left L.Q., 1882.-Joined R.A., 1887; Capt., 1897; Adjutant of Limerick
City Artillery, 1897.
Capt. C. S. Taylor, Naval & Military Club, W.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
TAYLOR
Cecil Salusbury of Pembroke House St. julians Malta
lieutenant-colonel R.G.A. died 6 November 1916 in France Administration
(with Will) London 25 September to George
William Taylor captain H.M. Army.
Effects £835 2s. 4d.
Further grant 19 March 1920.
Extract
from London and China Express - Wednesday 22 November
1916, page 7. and Monday 20 November 1916, page 6:
NAVAL
AND MILITARY.
ROLL OF HONOUR.
Lieutenant-Colonel
CECIL SALUSBURY TAYLOR, Royal Garrison Artillery, who has
died of wounds, was born in June, 1867, and passed out of
Woolwich into the Royal Artillery in February, 1887. He had
promotion in 1890, was captain in 1897, major in 1906, and
lieutenant-colonel in October, 1914. Before the present war
he had seen Staff service. From March, 1891, to May, 1896,
he was an Assistant Inspector (second class) of Warlike Stores
at Hongkong, and from November, 1897, to November, 1903, he
was adjutant of Militia.
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| TAYLOR,
MC |
Denis
Percival
Beauchamp |
Lieutenant, 3 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and 3rd (King's Own)
Hussars. Missing in action believed killed 14 March 1916. Aged
21. Born 22 September 1894 in Aldershot. Son of Col Philip Beauchamp
Taylor, CBE. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Educated at Charterhouse
School, Godalming, Surrey. Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates,
1 September 1915. Buried in the North part of BILLY-MONTIGNY COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave 1. See also Toft
Methodist, Cambridgeshire
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations) 1919:
TAYLOR
Denis Percival Beauchamp of Toft Manor Cambridge
M.C. lieutenant 3rd Hussars and Royal Flying Corps died on or
since 14 March 1916 in France Administration London
9 May to Philip Beauchamp Taylor colonel H.M. Army (retired).
Effects £4512 0s. 8d.
Note:
There are adverts in the Cambridge newspapers in August 1918 for
the contents of Toft Manor being sold on the instructions of Col
P Beauchamp Taylor.
Extract
from Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald -
Saturday 25 March 1916, page 5:
MISSING
Lieut.
D. P. B. Taylor, 3rd Hussars and R. Flying Corps, formerly stationed
at Shorncliffe, is reported missing.
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| TAYLOR |
Harold
Charles Norman |
 Captain,
"B" Company, 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath
and and Woolwich), London Regiment. Killed in action 21 May 1916.
Aged 23. Born 26 October 1892. Baptised 9 December 1892 in St Clement,
Eastcheap, City of London, England, son of Frederick and Helen Mary
Taylor. Son of Sir Frederick Taylor, 1st Bart., M.D., F.R.C.P.,
and Lady Taylor, of Wimpole St., Cavendish Square, London. B.A.
(Cantab). In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born London, St Marylebone,
Middlesex, son of Frederick and Helen M Taylor, resident 20, Wimpole
Street, St Marylebone, London and Middlesex. Educated Charterhouse,
awarded a scholarship to St. John's College. Cambridge, to study
Classics, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.). Buried in CABARET-ROUGE
BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row
E. Grave 5.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1916:
TAYLOR
Harold Charles Norman of 20 Wimpole-street Middlesex
lieutenant 20th London regiment died 21 May 1916 in France Administration
London 20 July to Frederick Taylor F.R.C.P. M.D.
Effects. £310 0s. 2d.
Officers
of the 20th London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich).
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| TAYLOR,
MC |
Henry
Arthur |
 |
Lieutenant
Henry Arthur Taylor, who displayed great galantry
during a raid by descending to a height of less
than 1,000ft and dropping bombs on a train. Several
of the trucks were derailed.
Extract
from Daily Mirror - Monday 21 August 1916, page
1
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Captain,
27th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and 1st Battalion, Queen's Own
(Royal West Kent Regiment). Missing believed killed in aerial combat
flying a Martinsyde G.100/102 Elephant 27 September 1916. Aged 18.
Born 3 January 1898. Native of Wimbledon, Surrey. Son of Frederick
Henry and Agnes Mundell Taylor, of Vineyard Hill, Wimbledon, London.
Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in MORY ABBEY MILITARY
CEMETERY, MORY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 5.
Extract
from Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 29 April 1916, page 6:
MISCELLANEOUS
CASES.—Lieut.
Henry Arthur Taylor, 37, Lovelace Gardens, Surbiton, was fined £2
for having had no lights on his motor car while stationary in the
roadway, and having caused an obstruction by leaving the car the
road from 1.5 a.m. to 9.15 am.
Extract
from South Eastern Gazette - Tuesday 22 August 1916, page
3, and Liverpool Daily Post - Monday 21 August 1916, page
8:
Sec.-Lieut.
Henry Arthur Taylor, R.W. Kent .Regiment and has been awarded the
Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry when on a bombing raid
in unfavourable weather. with Lieut. Boyd and two other pilots.
He descended to less than 1,000 feet and bombed a train, derailing
several trucks.
Extract
from Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 14 April 1917, page 5:
Capt.
Henry Arthur Taylor, M.C., of the Royal Flying Corps, reported missing
last Sept., is now stated to have been killed on Sept. 27th. He
was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Taylor, formerly of Thames
Ditton and Surbiton, and now of Wimbledon, and was only 18 years
of age. |
| TAYLOR |
Lewis
Enfield |
[Not
listed on CWGC] Captain, Madras Guards, Corps of Engineers, Madras
Railway Corps (Indian Defence Force). Died of enteric fever while
stationed in Madras 3 December 1917. Born 14 June 1883 in Starston,
Norfolk. Second son of Alfred Taylor, of Startston, Norfolk. In
the 1891 census he was aged 7, born Startston, Norfolk, twin brother
of Alfred Hugh Taylor, sons of Alfred and Anna Enfield Taylor, resident
Starston Place, The Street, Starston, Depwade, Norfolk. Went up
from Charterhouse to Trinity College, Cambridge. A civil engineer
on the Madras and South Mahratta Railway. In 1908 he became a Captain
in the Madras Volunteer Corps. See also Trinity
College, Cambridge.
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1897:
Taylor,
Lewis Enfield. b. 14 June, 1883. (Weekites); Left C.Q., 1901. Trin.
Coll., Cambridge.
L. E. Taylor, Esq., Starston Place, Harleston, Norfolk
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| TAYLOR |
Richard
Brooksbank |
 [Listed
as Richard Booksbank TAYLOR on SDGW] Captain, 1st Battalion, Border
Regiment. Killed in action 30 April 1915. Aged 28. Son of Samuel
and Gertrude Taylor, of Birkdault, Haverthwaite, Ulverston. In the
1901 census he was aged 15, born London, Middlesex, a student boarder,
resident Charterhouse Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. In the
1911 census he was aged 25, born Kensington, London, a Lieutenant,
Border Regiment, son of Samuel and Gertrude Taylor, resident Birkdault
Haverthwaite via Ulverston, Upper Holker, Lancashire. No known grave.
Commemorated in PINK FARM CEMETERY, HELLES, Turkey (including Gallipoli).
Special memorial grave 208.
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1899:
Taylor,
Richard Brooksbank. b. 8 Dec., 1885. (Lockites); Football XI, 1903.
R. B. Taylor, Birkdault, Haverthwaite, Lancashire.
Extract
from Lakes Herald - Friday 14 May 1915, page 4, and Yorkshire
Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday 06 May 1915,
page 6:
Captain
Richard Brooksbank Taylor, of the 1st Border Regiment, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, of Birkdault, Haverthwaite, near Ulverston,
who is announced to have been killed on April 30th in the fighting
in the Dardanelles, was 30 years of age, and entered the Army
over nine years ago.
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| TEALE |
Guy
Neville |
 Captain
(Pilot), 20th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and 8th Battalion, Buffs
(Royal East Kent Regiment). Killed in action while flying on voluntary
duty, flying in a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b, serial number A18,
20 July 1916. Aged 19. Native of Kensington, London. Son of Mr.
H. G. and Mrs. M. Teale, late of 37, De Vere Gardens, Kensington,
London. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Wetherby, Yorkshire,
son of Herbert G and Virginia G Teale, resident Rutland Lodge, Rutland
Road, Harrogate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West
Riding). In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Wetherbey, Yorkshire,
a school boarder, resident Laleham, Hurtmore Road, Godalming, Surrey.
Buried in ST. POL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France.
Row C. Grave 23.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
TEALE
Guy Neville of 37 De Vere Gardens Kensington Middlesex
lieutenant R.F.C. died 20 July 1916 in France Administration London
2 October to Phyllis Maude Teale spinster.
Effects £238 125. 4d. |
| TENNANT |
Charles
Grant |
 Second
Lieutenant. Born 23 July 1882, only son of James and Henrietta Grant
Tennant, of Fairlie, Ayrshire. He was at Charterhouse [g] 1895 -
1901. He won an Exhibition to Trinity College, Cambridge. He was
later with Alexander Fergusson & Co. of Glasgow, Lead Manufacturers.
In the Great War he was commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders
and joined 4th Bn. He was killed in action on 9 May 1915. Aged 33.
No known grave. He is commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de
Calais, France. Panel 38 and 39. See
also Trinity
College, Cambridge.
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1895:
Tennant,
Charles Grant. b. 23 July, 1882. (Girdlestoneites); Senior Scholar;
Left C.Q., 1901. Trin. Coll., Cambridge.
C. G. Tennant, Esq.. Fairlieburne, Fairlie, Ayrshire.
He
bequeathed £250 to the school for an English essay in English and
in classical literature alternately; also a silver cup to be held
in Girdllestoneites for as long as the house is known by that name.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
TENNANT
Charles Grant of Fairlieburn Fairlie Ayrshire
2nd lieutenant 4th battalion Seaforth Highlanders died on active
service 9 May 1915 Confirmation of James Tennant.
Sealed London 27 October.
N. P. J. Turner, Esq., Pentreheylin, Llanymynech.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
volume 2, page 465:
2nd
LIEUTENANT CHARLES GRANT TENNANT, 4th BATTN. (TERRIT.) SEAFORTH
HIGHLANDERS (ROSS-SHIRE BUFFS, THE DUKE OF ALBANY'S),
who was born on the 23rd July, 1882, at Lowfell, Co. Durham, was
the only son of James Tennant, Fairlie, Ayrshire: he was a cousin
of Lord Glen-conner and of the Rt. Hon. H. J. Tennant, M.P., Under-Secretary
of State for War.
He was educated at Charterhouse, Godalming, of which he was a
Senior Scholar, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he gained
an exhibition. He joined the 4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
as 2nd Lieutenant in October, 1914, and went with it to France
early in November. After four months' service he was offered a
Captaincy in another company, but preferred to remain with his
own men. He was killed on the 9th May, 1915, at Neuve Chapelle
in an attack on the German trenches.
Before joining the Army 2nd Lieutenant Tennant was a Director
of the Tharsis Sulphur and Copper Company, and of Alexander Fergusson
& Co., Ltd., of Glasgow.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 1,
page 347:
TENNANT,
CHARLES GRANT, 2nd Lieut., 4th Britt. Seaforth Highlanders
(T.F.), only s. of James Tennant, of Fairlie, Ayrshire,
and formerly of Newcastle-on-Tyne, J.P., by his wife, Henrietta
Grant, dau. of Alexander Andrew Fergusson; b. Lowfell,
co. Durham, 23 July, 1882; educ Charterhouse, Godalming, where
he was a senior scholar, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where
he was an exhibitioner; and on finishing his education became
a Director of the Tharsis Sulphur and Copper Co., Ltd., and of
Alexander Fergusson & Co., Ltd., Glasgow, Lead Manufacturers.
On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he volunteered and joined
the Public Schools Battn. and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th
Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, 1 Oct. 1914; went to France, 5 Nov.
1914, and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, 9 May, 1915;
unm. His Commanding Officer wrote: "After less than
four months soldiering his name was sent to the War Office for
promotion to Capt.; that fact shows what a born soldier he was.
On every occasion that we were under fire he was always the same,
cool and collected. He declined promotion, as he wished to remain
with the men with whom he had trained."
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| TENNANT |
William
Galbraith |
 Lieutenant.
Born 8 March 1879, 1st son of John and Margaret Tennant, of 19,
The Boltons, West Brompton, London; husband of the Hon. Winifred
Chapple Norton, 3rd daughter of 5th Lord Grantley. He was at Charterhouse
[D] 1893 - 1896. He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge and became
a rancher in Argentina. Enlisted 2 October 1914 on the High Seas,
aboard S.S. ?, aged 32 years, height 5 feet 6 inches, chest 37½-41½
inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, religious denomination
Church of England. In the Great War he joined Lord Strathcona’s
Horse (Royal Canadians). He was killed in action on 25 May 1915.
His grave is at CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot IV. Row B. Grave 14. See also Trinity
College, Cambridge. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference:
Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9570
- 48
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1895:
Tennant,
William Galbraith. b. 8 March, 1879. (Daviesites); Left C.Q., 1896.
Trin. Coll., Camb.; B.A.-Mining Engineer.
W. G. Tennant, Esq., 19, The Bolton, S.W.
Note:
Lord Strathcona’s Horse was formed in Canada in 1900 for service
in the Boer War. After that war’s end it disbanded, then re-formed
in 1909. At the outbreak of the Great War the Regiment was mobilised
and began its training in England. By 1915 it was serving as infantry
in France.
Many
newspapers reported his marriage this is one extract from The
Queen - Saturday 6 July 1907, page 49:
TENNANT-NORTON.
Holy
Trinity Church, Brompton, is an ideal place for the solemnisation
of marriage, its centre aisle being exceptionally wide. On the occasion
of the Hon. Winifred Norton's marriage on June 26 with Mr William
Galbraith Tennant, the altar and chancel were magnificently decorated
with palms and white flowers. The bridegroom, who is a son of Mr
John Tennant, awaited his bride's coming at the altar rails, Capt.
Geoffry White, R.H.A., standing beside him as best man. The fully
choral service was opened by the processional hymn "Lead us,
Heaventy Father, lead us," being sung, and after the nuptial
knot had been tied the grand old hymn "O God, our help in ages
past," was sung very impressively. Lord Grantley gave his daughter
away, and lovely did she look in her sweeping robe of rich but soft
cream satin veiled with chiffon, which terminated in a full flounce
of exquisite Alençon lace, and above this fell the overdress
of mousseline de soie. The corsage was draped from the shoulders
à la Tanagra, and had a high belt of silver, and on
it were motifs of silver and true lovers' knob. A coronet of orange
blossom was covered by a tulle veil. Six bridesmaids followed, wearing
dresses of ivory striped silk muslin made in Romney fashion, with
little full bodices and dainty fichus, and high belts of pervenche
blue. Upon their heads they wore quaint mob caps in place of hats.
Instead of standing behind the bride in couples, they ranged themselves
in a straight line across the aisle before the chancel, thus striking
a note of novelty which was not by any means ineffective. Each wore
the brooch which had been given to them by the bridegroom. Mrs Graeme
Harrison lent her house at 12, Wilton-crescent, for the crowded
reception, to which the bridal party and guests went on at the conclusion
of the ceremony, and later in the afternoon the bride changed her
white robe for one of blue-grey silk voile trimmed with braid and
Chiffon to match, her hat of cream crinoline being daintily decked
with pink roses. The honeymoon is being spent in Ayrshire, Scotland,
and at Invergordon Castle, Rosshire.
Some
of the Newspapers reporting the marriage were:
Cheltenham
Chronicle - Saturday 29 June 1907, page 3
Cheltenham Examiner - Wednesday 3 July 1907, page 7
Cheltenham Examiner - Wednesday 26 June 1907, page 8
Cheltenham Examiner - Wednesday 17 July 1907, page 5
Westminster Gazette - Monday 8 July 1907, page 6
The Salisbury Times - Friday 28 June 1907, page 8
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard - Saturday 29 June
1907, page 4
Daily Telegraph & Courier (London) - Thursday 27
June 1907, page 10
Gloucester Journal - Saturday 29 June 1907, page 10
Gloucestershire Chronicle - Saturday 22 June 1907, page
4
Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser
- Tuesday 25 June 1907, page 6
Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser
- Thursday 27 June 1907, page 6
Bucks Herald - Saturday 29 June 1907, page 6
Gloucestershire Echo - Thursday 27 June 1907, page 2
Morning Post - Tuesday 04 June 1907, page 9
|
| TERRY |
Harold
Millard |
Second
Lieutenant, 4th Special Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action
28 June 1917. Born 27 March 1884. Baptised 4 May 1884 in Huish Episcopi,
Somerset, son of Arthur Charles and Margaret Isabel Terry, resident
Bristol. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born bristol, a scholar,
son of Arthur C. and Isabel M. Terry, resident Elton House, Elton
Road, Bristol, Gloucestershire. In the 1901 census he was aged 17,
born Bristol, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse Road, Godalming,
Guildford, Surrey. Matriculated 1902 at University College, Oxford
University. B.A. (1 October 1916). In the 1911 census he was aged
27, born Clifton, Bristol, a Brewer, boarding at 26, Howgate Road,
Mortlake, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1.
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1897:
Terry,
Harold Millard. b. 27 March, 1884. (Lockites); Left C.Q., 1901. Univ.
Coll., Oxford.
H. M. Terry, Esq., 6, Elton Road, Clifton, Bristol. |
| TERRY,
MVO, DSO, MiD |
Robert
Joseph Atkinson |
Lieutenant
Colonel, Royal Sussex Regiment. Brigade Major. 2nd Infantry Brigade.
Died of wounds 3 October 1915. Aged 45. Baptised 17 March 1870 in
York, St Paul, Yorkshire (Ainsty & City of York), son of Robert
and Margaret Terry. Son of Robert and Rose (sic) Terry of “Graysmeade,”
Eastbourne; husband of Kathleen Terry, later of Upper Norwood. Educated
at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge. In the 1881 census
he was aged 11, born York, Yorjkshire, a scholar, boarding at 1
& 2, 1, Belg Crescent, Scarborough, Yorkshire & Yorkshire
(North Riding). In the 1891 census he was aged 21, born York, a
Military Cadet, son of Margaret Terry (a widow), resident Oriel
Crescent, Trinity Road, Scarborough, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North
Riding). Veteran of the South African War and the N.W. Frontier
of India. Included on Charterhouse School Memorial and The Cambridge
University War List. Not included on the main memorial, St. Saviours
Memorial only. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.),
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O), Twice Mentioned in
Despatches (MiD). Buried in NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot I. Row K. Grave 14. See also Eastbourne
War Memorial
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1884:
Terry,
Robert Joseph Atkinson. b. 29 Dec., 1869. (Lockites); Left C.Q.,
1886. Trin. Coll., Camb.-Joined Bedfordshire Regt., 1892; The Queen's,
1893; served in N.W. Frontier of India Campaign & Tirah Expeditionary
Force, 1897-'98; Capt., 4th Manchester Regt., 1900; served in S.
Africa with M.I.; Adjutant of Driscoll's Scouts; twice wounded;**
joined 1st Manchester Regt.; Brevet of Major, 1902; Adjutant, 1st
Batt., 1902.
Major R. J. A. Terry, 2, Wilmington Square, Eastbourne.
Extract
from the Distinguished Service Order 1886-1915, page
400:
TERRY,
ROBERT JOSEPH ATKINSON, Major, entered the Army 13 July,
1892; became Lieutenant 28 Oct. 1896; Captain 18 Jan. 1908; was
Commandant, Corps of Military Police, and Provost-Marshal from
8 Nov. 1910. He first saw active service in the operations on
the North-West Frontier of India, 1897-8, with the Malakand Field,
Mohmand Field, and Tirah Expeditionary Forces (Medal with two
clasps). Served in the South African War, 1899-1.902; took part
in the several operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony
and Cape Colony; Special Service Officer (for Mounted Infantry);
afterwards employed as Adjutant, Driscoll's Scouts, from 17 April,
1001 (twice wounded, severely and slightly; Despatches [London
Gazette, 29 July, 1902]; Brevet of Major, 22 Aug. 1902; Queen's
Medal with five clasps, and King's Medal with two clasps.) He
was created an M.V.O. Major Terry served in the European War,
and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
[London Gazette, 23 June, 1915]: "Robert Joseph Atkinson
Terry, M.V.O., Major, The Royal Sussex Regt. For distinguished
service in the field."
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1916:
TERRY
Robert Joseph Atkinson of Kingslynn Upper Norwood Surrey
major Royal Sussex Regiment died 3 October 1915 at Loos France
Probate London 5 April to Kathleen Annie Terry
widow. Effects £4978 2s. 7d.
Extract
from Truth - Wednesday 27 October 1915, page 6:
The
2nd Infantry Brigade has lost its staff officer, Major Robert
Joseph Atkinson Terry, of the Royal Sussex Regiment, who was
as good an all-round infantry officer as there is in the Army.
Gazetted to the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1892, he was transferred
to the 2nd Battalion of the Queen's the following year, and
after serving with that battalion during the Malakand and Tirah
Expeditions of 1897-98 he was promoted captain into the Manchester
Regiment in 1900. Then he went to South Africa as special service
officer for mounted infantry, and saw a deal of guerrilla fighting
with Driscoll's Scouts, being twice wounded and mentioned in
despatches. Coming home as a brevet major, he was transferred
on reduction of his battalion to the Royal Sussex Regiment,
and promoted substantive major in 1911. While fighting near
La Bassée last January, when in temporary command of
his battalion, he won the D.S.O. Appointed to the Staff last
April, he was as keen for the fray as any regimental officer,
and was always to be found where the fighting was heaviest and
danger greatest.
Extract
from Portsmouth Evening News - Saturday 9 October 1915,
page 3:
SUSSEX
REGIMENT LOSSES
Major
Robert Joseph Atkinson Terry, M.V.O., D.S.O., Royal Sussex Regiment,
and Brigade-Major 2nd Infantry Brigade (killed in action in
France on October 1st), was born in December, 1869, and was
gazetted to the Bedfordshire Regiment in July, 1892, transferring
to the Royal West Surreys in February, 1893. Promoted lieutenant
in October, 1896, he got his company in the Manchester Regtiment
in June, 1900, and after being four years adjutant in the regiment
was gazetted captain in the Royal Sussex Regiment in January,
1908, attaining field rank in August, 1911. From November, 1910,
to November, 1914. Major terry was Commandant (in charge of
records) of the Corps of Military Police and Provost-Marshal,
Aldershot. He served in the operations on the North-West Frontier
of India in 1897-8, and in the South African war, being mentioned
in despatches and receiving the Queen's medal with five clasps
and the King's with two clasps.
|
| TETLEY |
John
Charles Dodsworth |
 [Listed
as John Christopher Dodsworth Tetley on SDGW - Note: Newspapers
refer to him as Captain but military records refer to him as Lieutenant]
Lieutenant, No. 3 Company, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed
in action 9 October 1917. Aged 31. Born 11 April 1885. Husband of
Sybil Mary Elizabeth (nee Edwards) Tetley, married April to June
Quarter 1912 in Lewes Registration District, Sussex. In the 1901
census he was aged 15, born Southsea, Hampshire, a student boarder,
resident Hindhead Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1911
census he was aged 25, born Ower Lodge, Southseas, a Solicitor,
son of Mary Elizabeth Hussey Tetley, resident Salas, Castle Road,
Oatlands Park, Weybridge, Walton upon Thames, Surrey. No known grave.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
9.
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1899:
Tetley,
John Charles Dodsworth. b. 11 April, 1885. (Daviesites); Cricket
XI, 1903; Football XI, 1903; Left C.Q., 1903. Oriel Coll., Oxford.
J. C. D. Tetley, Esq., Cheverill, Merton Road, Southsea.
Extract
from Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 27 October 1917, page
3:
CAPT.
J. C. D. TETLEY KILLED.
The
death in action of Captain J. C. D. Tetley, Grenadier Guards,
who for some years resided in Castle-road, Oatlands, is reported.
Capt. Tetley was one of the finest football players Chartcrhouse
School ever turned out and he got his Blue at Oxford eleven years
ago, when took the place of A. E. Scothern at back. In more recent
years he figured at back for the Corinthian, Old Carthusian and
Casuals teams, and occasionally turned out for Weybridge. Ouring
his residence at Oatlands he was regular member of the Oatlands
Park Cricket Club's team.
Extract
from The Sportsman - Tuesday 23 October 1917, page 1:
"ARTISTS’”
HEAVY LOSS.
The
Artists' Rifles have been closely connected with the Public Schoos*,
and have done such good service in the way of bringing down sides
and inaugurating matches in the holidays that the following letter
froman old friend is bound to prove of interest. Reference was
made in these notes on Saturday to F. W. R. Greenhill, and there
must be many who will also remember Capt Tetley, the old Carthusian.
“I
am sure you will sympathise with us when I tell yon we have just
heard that some of our best boys got knocked out in the last push—W.
H. S. Roper, of the Grenadiers; F. W. R. Greenhill, of the Grenadiers;
H. V. Fanshaw, of the Irish Guards; and Capt Jack Tetley, of the
Grenadiers. Greenhill was in our last year's cricket XI., and
Jack Tetleywas one of our officers and one of the finest athletes
in this or any other regiment. He was in the Charterhouse cricket
and football XI.'s, afterwards Soccer Blue, and Authentics, Corinthian,
and in our cricket and Soccer XI.'s. Besides being a magnificent
athlete he was a first-class officer, and one of those exteamely
rare men who waa not only pre-eminent at work and sport, but without
such a thing as an enemy in the world. He leaves a wife and three
sons. who, we pray, may grow up like their father. We have lost
lots of good fellows before, but none we knew quite so well as
Jack Tetley, and we are more broke than ever about this bad news.”
Owing
to great shortage of space many notes are unavoidably held over,
including particularly interesting criticism, which arrited late,
of the St. Paul’s and R.M.C. match. Bishop's Stortford had
a close game
with the D Co of the O.C.B., and lost only three tries to nil,
and theirs and other cards are now to hand, but some are still
wanting.
People
who want places in the holiday matches should send in their names
and positions in the field and home addresses as soon as possible.
A.P.
|
| THICKNESSE,
MiD |
John
Audley |
 Lieutenant
Colonel. Born 8 November 1869, 5th son of the Right Rev. Dr Francis
Henry Thicknesse, D.D., Bishop of Leicester, and Anne Thicknesse;
husband of Phyllis Margaret (nee Woodcock) Thicknesse, of Bishops
Hull, near Taunton, married 28 Septmber 1897 in Cuckfield, Sussex.
Baptised 28 December 1869 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, son of
Francis Henry and Anne Thicknesse. In the 1871 census he was aged
1, born Northamptonshire, son of Francis Hwenry and Anne Thicknesse,
resident Old Town Vicarage, Brackley St Peter, Brackley, Northamptonshire.
In the 1881 census he was aged 11, born Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire,
a scholar, boarding at The Vicarage, Hellidon, Daventry, Northamptonshire.
He took a commission in the Somersetshire Light Infantry. In the
Great War he commanded 1st Bn. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). He
was killed in action on 1 July 1916. His grave is at SUCRERIE MILITARY
CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS, Somme, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 15.
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1882:
Thicknesse,
John Audley. b. 8 Nov., 1869. (Gird lestoneites); Left O.Q., 1885.-Joined
Somersetshire L.I., 1891; served with Chitral Relief Force, 1895;
Capt., 1901; served in S. African War, 1902.
Capt. J. A. Thicknesse, Messrs. Cox & Co., 16, Charing
Cross, S.W.
Extract
from Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Monday 10 July
1916, page 3:
Lieut.-
Colonel John Audley Thicknesse, Somerset L.I., was the youngest
son of Bishop Thicknesse, South Luffenham Hall, Stamford,
and Minster Precincts, Peterborough, and grandson of Ralph
Thicknesse. for many years M.P. for Wigan. He was educated
at Charterhouse, and received his commission in the Somerset
Light Infantry in 1890. He took part in the Expedition of
1895 and the African War 1902. At the outbreak of war he was
acting as Brigade-Major to the Kent Territorial Brigade, and
he was appointed to command a battalion of his regiment in
August, 1915. Colonel Thicknesse, who was mentioned in despatches
last month, was killed while leading his men into action July
1. He was 46 years of age. He married, in 1897, Phyllis, daughter
of the late Henry Woodcock, of Bolnore, Haywards Heath, and
leaves two sons and a daughter.
Extract
from Truth - Wednesday 12 July 1916, page 4:
On
the same day [July
1] there fell also Lieut.-Colonel John Audley
Thicknesse, commanding a battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry,
General Prowse's former regiment. He was the son of Bishop
Thicknesse, Canon of Peterborough and Bishop of Leicester
from 1888 to 1902. He had served with the Chitral Relief Expedition
of 1895, and was in South Africa during the last year of the
Boer War. When war broke out he was holding the appointment
of brigade-major of the Kent Territorial Brigade, and was
promoted lieutenant-colonel last August to command the battalion
at the head of which he was killed while leading it into action.
Extract
from Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 14 July 1916,
page 2:
THE
COMMANDANT OF THE SOMERSETS.
Though
not a local man, the name of the Col. Commanding the Somersets
will be readily recalled by older Sheptonians from the associations
of his family with that of the late Canon Pratt. Lieut.-Colonel
John Audley Thicknesse, Somerset Light Infantry, was the youngest
son of Bishop Thicknesse, South Luffenham Hall, Stamford,
and Minster Precincts, Peterborough, and grandson of Ralph
Thicknesse, for many years M.P. for Wigan. He was educated
at Charterhouse and received his commission in the Somerset
L.I. in 1890. He took part in the Chitral Expedition of 1895,
and in the South African War of 1902. At the outbreak of war
he was acting as Brigade Major to the Kent Territorial Brigade,
and he was appointed to command a battalion of his regiment
in August 1915. Colonel Thicknesse, who was mentioned in despatches
last month, was killed while leading his men into action on
July 1. He was 46 years of age. He married in 1897, Phyllis,
daughter of the late Henry Woodocock, of Bolnore, Hayward
Heath, and leaves two sons and a daughter.
Extract
from Maidstone Telegraph - Saturday 15 July 1916,
page 5:
Lieut—Colonel
John Audley Thicknesse, who, at the outbreak of the war, was
acting as Brigade Major to the Kent Territorial Brigade, was
killed while leading his men of the Somerset Light Infantry
into action on the 1st inst. He was 46 years of age, and the
son of Bishop Thicknesse, of Leicester. Last month, the gallant
officer, who served in the Chitral Expedition and South African
war, was mentioned in despatches.
Extract
from Truth - Wednesday 12 July 1916, page 4:
The
will of Lieut-Colonel John Audley Thicknesse, of the Somersetshire
Light Infantry, aged 46 (younger son Bishop Thicknesse, formely
Vicar of Brackley), has proved. He served in the South African
War, and was killed in action on July 2nd in France. The estate
is valued at £558 11s. 2d. with net personalty £449
11s 1d. Mrs. Phyllis Margaret Thicknesse, of 5, Little College
Street, Westminster, S.W., his widow, is the executrix.
|
| THOMPSON |
Cecil
William |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd/6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers attached to
63rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds 6 May 1917. Aged
20. Son of the late Wm. Thompson, of Hoghton, and of Mrs. Savatard,
of Edenfield, Timperley, Cheshire. Born 1897 in Hoghton, Preston.
In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Samlesbury, Lancashire, son
of William and ALice Thompson, resident Stanley Mount, Samlesbury,
Preston, Lancashire. Educated at Charterhouse School; Caius College,
Cambridge. Manchester University, 1912; Department of Public Health.
Officer Training Corps, 6 September 1915 to 5 January 1916. Gazetted
January 1916. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot XVII. Row B. Grave 14. See also Manchester
University |
| THOMPSON |
Harold
Francis |
Captain,
9th Battalion attached 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince
Consort's Own). Killed in action 12 July 1916. Aged 38. Born Cushendall,
Co. Antrim. Son of William Thompson, M.A., Rector of Layde, Cushendall,
and Sarah Margaret, his wife. Educated Dundalk and T. C. D., Ex
Sch. Sen. Mod. B.A. Assistant Master at Edinburgh Academy, 1904;
Charterhouse, 1910. In the 1911 census he was aged 33, born Cushamdally
Co Antrim, a Schoolmaster, boarding Charterhouse Road, Godalming,
Surrey. Buried in POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot II. Row E. Grave 4.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1916:
THOMPSON
Harold Francis of Kelstone Godalming Surrey
captain 9th battalion Rifle Brigade died 12 July 1916 in Belgium
Probate Dublin to Herbert Marshall Thompson barrister-at-law.
Effects £1888 3s. 2d. in England.
Sealed London 4 November.
Extract
from Belfast News-Letter - Monday 17 July 1916, page 8:
OFFICER.
CASUALTIES.
KILLED.
CAPTAIN
HAROLD FRANCIS THOMPSON, the Rifle Brigade, who is reported to
have been killed in action in France on the 12th July, was the
fifth son of the late Rev. William Thompson, for many years rector
of Cushendall, County Antrim. He was educated at Dundalk Institution,
and at Trinity College, Dublin, where had a brilliant career,
winning in succession a sizarship. scholarship, and gold medal
in mathematics. On leaving college he took up the profession of
teaching, and in succession mathematical master at Clonmel Grammar
School, Edinburgh Academy, and at Charterhouse. A keen member
of the O.T.C. he organised in succession cadet corps at Edinburgh
Academy and at Chaterhouse, After the outbreak of the war he obtained
a commission in the Rifle Brigade and was promoted captain on
joining his battalion. He was wounded at Hooge in August last
vear,-but rejoined on recovery. He was a brother of Mr. Herbert
M. Thompson, barrister-at-law, and brother-in-law of Rev. Canon
Carmody, of this city.
Extract
from Dublin Daily Express - Saturday 22 July 1916, page
1:
THOMPSON—JuIy
12, 1916, killed in action, Harold Francis Thompson, aged 38 years,
Captain, Rife Brigade, and fifth son of the Rev. William Thompson,
late Rector of Cushendall, County Antrim.
Extract
from Ballymena Observer - Friday 21 July 1916, page 5:
CASUALTIES.
KILLED.
CAPTAIN H. F. THOMPSON.
Captain
Harold Francis Thompson, Rifie Brigade, reported killed, was the
fifth son of the late Rev William Thompson rector Cushendall, County
Antrim. At Trinity College, Dublin, he won in succession sizarship,
scholarship, and gold medals in mathematics. After leaving college
he was appointed mathematical master at Edinburgh Academy and Charterhouse,
where he organised the cadet corps. He was wounded last year at
Hooge.
Extract
from The Scotsman - Monday 17 July 1916, page 7:
A
FORMER - EDINBURGH TEACHER.
Captain
Harold Francis Thompson, Rifle Brigade (killed), was 38 years of
age, and was formerly assistant master of Edinburgh Academy and
Charterhouse. He -was the son of the Rev. Wm. Thompson, late Rector
of Cushendall, Co . Antrim.
Extract
from Northern Whig - Monday 17 July 1916, page 1:
THOMPSON—Killed
in action, July 12th, 1916, Harold Francis Thompson, aged 38 years.
Captain Rifle Brigade, and formerly Assistant Master at Edinburgh
Academy and Charterhouse, fifth son of the Reverend William Thompson,
late Rector of Cushendall, County Antrim.
Extract
from Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 22 July 1916, page 5:
Captain
Harold Francis Thompson, Rifle Brigade (killed in action on July
12th), aged 38, was the fifth son of the Rev. William Thompson,
late rector of Cushendall, County Antrim. He was formerly assistant
master at Charterhouse, and was captain in tho school O.T.C.
Extract
from Surrey Advertiser - Monday 24 July 1916, page 2:
Captain
Harold Francis Thompson, Rifle Brigade (killed in action on July
12th). aged 3S, was the fifth son of the Rev. William Thompson,
late rector of Cushendall, County Antrim. He was formerly assistant
master at Charterhouse, where he organised the Cadet Corps. Captain
Thompson took a keen interest in fire brigade work, and as Chief
Officer of the Godaiming Borough Brigade from November, 1911, until
November, 1914, when he joined up, was an exceedingly popular officer.
He was wounded last year at Hooge. |
| THOMSON |
Samuel
Pestell Donald |
Lieutenant, 1st/1st Battalion, Leicestershire "Prince Albert's
Own" Yeomanry. Killed 13 May 1915. Born 19 October 1888. Son
of Samuel Marshall Thomson and Edith Mary Thomson, of Grey Lodge,
Groby, Leicester. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Strattbriggs,
Renfrewshire, Studying Coal Mining, son of Edith Mary Thomson, resident
Grey Lodge, Groby near Leicester, Leicestershire.In the London Gazette,
4 July, 1911, page 4937, he was appointed Second Lieutenant, Leicestershire
"Prince Albert's Own" Yeomanry, 21 May 1911. Buried in
SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row
B. Grave 32.
Extract
from Leicester Daily Post - Monday 19 January 1920, page
6:
IBSTOCK.
Gift
to the Parish Church.—A handsome brass altar cross was recently
presented to the church by Mrs. Agnew in memory of her nephews,
Lieut. S. P. D. Thompson and Lieut. K. C. Thompson, who were killed
in the great war. The cross is set with beautiful amethysts. Another
beautiful addition to the church is a stained glass window representing
"Our Lord blessing little children." The window was
unveiled on Holy Innocents' Day at the morning ser vice by Mr.
J. Hopkins, church warden, as representing the people. The sermon
was preached by the Rev. H. Brooke Brown, vicar of St. Luke's,
Leicester, a friend of the late rector's, the Revf. S. Stood,
in whose memory it was given.
Extract
from The Scotsman - Wednesday 26 May 1915, page 11:
THE
LATE LIEUTENANT S. P. D . THOMASON.
Lieutenant
Samuel Pestell Donald Thomson, Leicestershire Yeomanry, who was
killed near Ypres on May 13 , was educated at Uppingham and Pembroke
College, Cambridge. He was a -member of the Cambridge O.T.C., and
joined the Yeomanry in 1911 , and received his Lieutenancy in 1913.
He was the elder son of the late Mr S. M. Thomson and of Mrs Thomson,
Grey Lodge, Groby, Leicestershire, and nephew of Mrs James Walker,
of Fernbank, Kilbirnie. He was a director of the Ibstock Collieries
(Limited) and of the Wishaw Coal Company (Limited.)
Extract
from Melton Mowbray Mercury and Oakham and Uppingham
News - Thursday 20 May 1915, page 7:
|
| THORMAN |
Alan
Marshall |
 Second
Lieutenant, 1st/2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers),
London Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 20. Son of John
Marshall Thorman and Eleanor Reed Thorman, of Witton Castle, Witton-le-Wear,
Co. Durham. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Durham, son of
John M and Eleanor R Thorman, resident Seaton House, Seaton Slingley,
Seaton and Slingley, Easington, Durham. In the 1911 census he was
aged 15, born Seaham Harbour, Durham, son of John Marshall and Eleanor
Reed Thorman, resident Seaton Hall Seaton Lane, Seaton with Slingley,
Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 9 D and 16 B.
|
| THORN-DRURY |
John
George |
 [Also
listed in some records as John George Thorn DRURY] Lieutenant, 1st
Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died of acute septicæmia
12 March 1920. Aged 22. Son of Mr. G. Thorn-Drury, of 42, Rowland
Gardens, South Kensington, London. In the 1901 census he was aged
3, born Balham, London & Surrey, resident with his parents,
George and Maud B Thorn-Drury, at 42, Roland Gardens, Kensington,
London & Middlesex. Admitted to Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital
at Millbank 1 November 1917 with general shrapnel wounds to the
legs, transferred to Clock House 31 January 1918. Attested as Private
6594, 28th (Artists Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, 14 January
1916 at Dukes Road, W.O. aged 18 years 6 months, height 5 feet 9½
inches, chest 37½-41½ inches. Formerly in Charterhouse
O.T.C. Resident 42 Roland Gardens, South Kensington. Embodied 28th
Battalion 29 April 1916. Subsequently received as commission. Buried
15 March 1920 in the family vault, in the north part of HACKINGTON
(ST. STEPHEN) CHURCHYARD, CANTERBURY, Kent. See also Northill,
Horton School, Bedfordshire
Extract
from Faversham Times and Mercury and North-East Kent Journal
- Saturday 20 March 1920, page 5:
THORN-DRURY.—On
the March, at 42, Roland Gardens, S.W., of acute septicemia following
wounds received in France, April 23rd, 1917, John George Thorn-Drury,
Lieut., the Buffs, only son George and Maude Thorn-Drury, in his
23rd year.
Extract
from Thanet Advertiser - Saturday 20 March 1920, page 8:
Thorn-Drury.—12th
March, at 42, Roland-gardens. S.W., John George Thorn- Drury,
aged 22 years.
|
| THORNTON,
DSO, MC |
Noel
Shipley |
 Major,
6th Battalion attached 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince
Consort's Own). Died of wounds 10 April 1918. Aged 34. Born 24 December
1883 at Yocldeton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Baptised 7 February 1884
in Yockleton, Shropshire.. Son of the Rev. John and Mrs. Agnes Mary
Thornton; husband of Norah Thornton, of Ivyhouse Farm, East Malling,
Kent. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) and Military
Cross (M.C.). In the 1891 census he was aged 7, born Yockleton,
Shropshire, son of John and Agnes M Thornton, resident The Vicarage,
Church Street, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey. In the 1901 census he was aged
17, born Yockleton, Shropshire, school boarder, resident Charterhouse
Block, Godalming Rural, Guildford, Surrey. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 29. See
also Trinity
College, Cambridge
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1882:
Thornton,
Noel Shipley. b. 24 Dec., 1883. (Gownboys); Left C.Q., 1902. Trin.
Coll., Cambridge.
N. S. Thornton, Esq., Hawkley, Liss, Hampshire.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1918:
THORNTON
Noel Shipley of Ivy House Farm East Mailing Kent
major Rifle Brigade died 10 April 1918 in France Probate London
23 August to Norah Frances Thornton widow. Effects £2732
9s. 7d.
Extract
from the Distinguished Service Order 1916-1923, page
298:
THORNTON,
N. S. (D.S.O. L.G. 3.6.18), Lt. (T/Major), Rif. Bdge.
(att. 7th Bn.) ; M.C. He died on 10.4.18 at 2nd Stationary Hospital,
Abbeville, of wounds received in action while in command of his
Regiment on 4 April.
Extract
from Morning Post - Tuesday 21 July 1908, page 7:
An
engagement is announced between Noel Shipley Thornton, of Norton
Fisheries, Baldock, youngest son of the Rev. John Thornton,
of Betchworth, Surrey, and Norah Frances, youngest daughter
of John Henry Bovill, of Buckland, Betchworth, Surrey.
Extract
from Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser - Saturday
30 July 1910, page 6:
MISS
N. F. BOVILL & MR. N. S. THORNTON
Betchworth,
Tuesday, was the scene of a wedding in which the parties were
connected with two of the best known and esteemed families
in the district. It was, therefore, only to be expected that
the happy event should evoke the greatest possible interest,
and the fact that the bride was Miss Norah Frances Bovill,
the youngest daughter of Mr. John Bovill, of Broome Perrowe,
Buckland, and the bridegroom was Mr. Noel Shipley Thornton,
the son of the Rev. John Thornton, of “The Meadows,”
Betchworth, added considerably to the pleasurable interest
attaching to such an event.
The ceremony took place in the pretty old church of St. Midhael’s,
Betchworrh, and for the happy occasion it had been prettily
adorned with flowers, the chancel steps being decorated with
ferns and lilies. From the entrance to the churchyard up to
to the church door, an awning was erected, and from the open
sides of this a large crowd witnessed the arrival and departure
of the bride and the guests. lnside the church there was a
large attendance of friends and well-wishers of the happy
couple, and during the time of waiting the organist (Mr. C.
J. Whittington) played the Prelude and Fugue in Major from
Bach, and the birdal March and duet from“Lonengrin.“
As
the bride, on the arm of her father, entered the church, the
hymn, “Love Divine, all loves excelling,” was
sung, the singing being led by the choir. Very charming the
bride looked in a beautiful dress of soft cream satin, veiled
in chiffon and trimmed with bugle and pearl trimming and old
lace. She wore a fine net veil, lent by Mrs. Arthur Fisher,
and her ornaments were diamond and pearl earrings, the gift
of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Gordon Clark, and she carried a bouquet
of cream roses.
She
was attended by four bridesmaids, Mrs. Miss Bovill (sister).
Miss Mildred Heatcote, Miss Madeleine Du Buisson, and Miss
Margaret Charrington. They wore pretty dresses of pale mauve
satin, veiled in blue ninon, trimmed with silver with beige
tegal straw hats trimmed with mauve convolvuli and grass.
They wore garnet broodhes, the gift of the bridegroom, and
they carried bouquets of white lilies.
The
officiating clergyman was the Rev. John Thornton, the father
of the bridegroom, assisted by, the Rev. Walter Brock, Rector
of S. Pierre dn Bois, Guernsey, an uncle of the bride, and
Canon C. E. Sanders, Vicar of Betchworth.
The
best man was Mr. Gerald Gornock Taylor.
[..continued]
Extract
from Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser - Saturday
30 July 1910, page 6:
BETCHWORTH.
MEMORIAL
TABLET.—A most beautiful alabaster tablet with
Connemara marble frame has been placed on the south wall near
the font in St. Michael’s Church to the memory of Major
Noel Shipley Thornton, Rifle Brigade, who gave his life for
King and country on April 10th, 1918. The inscription is as
follows: —“In proud and loving memory of Noel
Shiplev Thornton. D.S.O., MC, Major. Rifle Brigade. Died 10th
April, 1918, of wounds received six days previously, aged
34. He enlisted on the outbreak of war, and rose from the
ranks to be Adjutant, and finally to command the 7th Battalion
Rifle Brigade, at the head of which he was mortally wounded
in front of Villers Bretonneux; Le Basee, 1915; Flanders,
1916; Arras and Paschendaele, 1917; St. Quentin and the Somme,
1918. 'Faithful unto death.'” The tablet was dedicated
on Christmas Eve by the Vicar of St. Michael’s, in the
presence of Mrs. Noel S. Thornton, widow, and her little son,
Mrs. J. Thornton, the mother of the deceased officer, and
others.
Extract
from the Supplement to the London Gazette, 26 July 1918,
page 8850:
Lt.
(T./Maj.) Noel Shipley Thornton, Rif. Bde., Spec. Res.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He stopped stragglers
and organised them into formed bodies and defended a most exposed
position for three hours under heavy artillery fire and machine-gun
barrage. Some days later he saved one of his companies from being
cut off. He continued to give a magnificent example of courage
and leadership until badly wounded.
|
| THORP |
Thomas
Tudor |
 Second
Lieutenant, "D" Battery, 83rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 16 August 1917. Aged 20. Born 5 June 1897, and
baptised 29 June 1897, in Alnwick, Northumberland. Son of Thomas
Alder Thorp and Elizabeth Jane Thorp, of Bondgate Hall, Alnwick,
Northumberland. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, a schoolboy boarder,
born Alnwick, Northumberland, resident Aysgarth School, Newton Le
Willows, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North Riding). Buried inTYNE
COT CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot LI. Row C. Grave 11.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 3, page
267:
THORP,
THOMAS TUDOR, 2nd Lieut. (Special Reserve), Royal Field
Artillery, elder s. of Thomas Alder Thorp, of Bondgate
Hall, Alnwick, by his wife, Elizabeth Jane, dau of Capt. Allen Peat;
b. Alnwick, co. Northumberland, 5 June, 1897; educ. Aysgarth
School, and Charterhouse; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A., 16 June, 1910;
served with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders from the following month, taking part
in the later Battles of the Somme in Sept. and Nov. 1916, and was
killed in action near Glencorse Wood, on the Ypres-Menin Road, 16
Aug. 1917. His Commanding Officer wrote; "He was a most valuable
officer, and one of the most fearless that I have ever known. During
the last months, on several occasions, he had shown remarkable coolness
and bravery under fire, and his conduct was an example to his section.
When killed he was acting as Forward Observation Officer, and had
sent down some most valuable information during the morning, which
enabled us to disperse an enemy counter-attack." Unm.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1918:
THORP
Thomas Tudor of Bondgate Hall Alnwick Notthumberland
lieutenant R.F.A. died 16 August 1917 in France Administration London
23 March to Thomas Alder Thorp esquire. Effects £317 13s.
11d.
Extract
from Berwick Advertiser - Friday 31 August 1917, page
5:
GRANDSON
OF SOUTH CHARLTON MINISTER KILLED.
Second
Lieut. Thomas T. Thorp.
Mr
and Mrs T. A. Thorp, of Bondgate Hall, Alnwick, have received
news that their eldest son, Second Lieut. Thomas Tudor Thorp,
Royal Field Artillery, has been killed in action in France.
This gallant young officer, who was only 20 years of age, was
a grandson of the Rev. W. T. Thorp, of South Charlton, Northumberland.
|
| THYNNE,
DSO, TD, MiD |
Algernon
Cateret |
[Listed
as Royal North Devon Yeomanry on SDGW] Lieutenant-Colonel commanding
Royal North Devon Hussars. Killed in action 6 November 1917. Aged
49. Born 9 April 1868. Son of the late Francis John Thynne, of Haynes
Park, Beds; husband of Constance Thynne, of Penstowe, Bude, Cornwall;
served in the South African war. Awarded the Distinguished Service
Order (D.S.O.) and Territorial Decoration (T.D.). In the 1881 census
he was aged 12, born Haynes, Bedfordshire, a scholar, son of Francis
J and Marcia S H Thynne, resident Up End, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire.
Buried in BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including
Gaza). Section L. Grave 60. See also Haynes
Memorial, Bedfordshire
Note:
The Territorial Decoration (TD) was a military medal of the United
Kingdom awarded for long service in the Territorial Force.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1918:
THYNNE
Algernon Carteret of Penstowe Kilkhampton Cornwall
lieutenant-colonel Royal North Devon Yeomanry D.S.O. died 6 November
1917 in Palestine Probate London 7 March to Anita
Constance Edith Thynne widow.
Effects £124621 18s. 3d.
Extract
from the Distinguished Service Order 1886-1915, page
298:
THYNNE,
ALGERNON CARTERET, Capt., was born 9 April, 1868, second
son of the late Francis John Thynne, of Haynes Park, Bedfordshire,
and of 67, Eaton Place, London, S.W., and grandson of the Rev. Lord
John Thynne, D.D. His mother was Edith Marcia Caroline, eldest daughter
of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, of Frampton Court, Dorset. He was
educated at Charterhouse, and subsequently became Captain in the
Bedfordshire Regt. (3rd Battn.). He went out from Bath, as a Lieutenant,
in the North Somerset Yeomanry, to serve in South Africa, and served
throughout the campaign, first in that capacity, and afterwards
as a Captain in the 7th Battn. Imperial Yeomanry. He took part in
operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1902, including
operations at Vet River (5 and 6 May) and Zand River; operations
in the Transvaal, May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg,
Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); operations in the Transvaal
30 Nov. 1900, to 31 May, 1902. He was mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901, and 29 July, 1902]; received the Queen's
Medal with four clasps; the King's Medal with two clasps, and was
created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette,
31 Oct. 1902] "Algernon Carteret Thynne, Capt., 7th Battn.
Imperial Yeomanry. In recognition of services during the operations
in South Africa." He became Honorary Captain in the Army in
Aug. 1902, and was transferred in 1903 to the Royal North Devon
Hussars. He served in the European War, 1914-17, in Gallipoli and
Egypt, also in Palestine, as Lieutenant-Colonel in command of his
regiment, until he fell mortally wounded at the Battle of Sheria
6 Nov. 1917. The late Colonel Thynne succeeded to the Grenville
Estate, Cornwall, on the death of his father in 1910. He was an
Alderman of Cornwall County Council, and a Magistrate for Cornwall,
and at the outbreak of war was Master of the Tetcott Hounds. A Memorial
Service for him and those who fell with him in Palestine was held
in St. George's, Hanover Square, London (where Prebendary Thicknesse
officiated); also in Stratton Church, Cornwall. He married, in 1904,
Constance, daughter of the late Edward Bonham, of Bramling House,
Kent, and widow of Francis Philips, of Lee priory, Kent.
Extract
from Faversham Times and Mercury and North-East Kent Journal
- Saturday 24 November 1917, page 3:
Lieutenant
-Colonel Algernon Carteret Thynne, D.S.O. Yeomanry (reported
killed in action on November 6th), was the second son of Francis
John Thynne. of Haynes Park, Bedfordshire, and grandaon of the
Rev. Lord John Thynne. He was born in 1868, and married in 1904,
Constance, daughter of the late Mr. Bonham, of Bramling House,
Ickham, and widow of Mr. Francis Philips, of Lee Priory, Littlehourne.
Colonel Thynne served in the South Afritan War (1900-2) as captain
in the 7th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry. He was twice mentioned
in despatches, was made a Companion of the D.S.O., and was decorated
with the Queen's and King's medals with six clasps.
Extract
from Western Times - Friday 30 November 1917, page
5:
Memorial
Service to Col. Thynne, D.S.O. at Stratton
At
the Stratton Parish Church yesterday afternoon, a service was
conducted by Rev. Leslie Jones (vicar) in memory of Lieut- Colonel
A. C. Thynne, D.S.O,. and J.P for Cornwall, who fell, at the
age of 49, in Palestine, on November 6th, while leading the
men the Royal North Devon Hussars into action. The church was
crowded with a sympathetic congregation, drawn from the whole
neighbourhood, and representing every class of the community.
As lord of the manor, Colonel Thynne had endeared himself to
the people. He was a good landlord and friend. The clergy present
were Revs. G. Bagly and F. Wilthere, and the Rev. C. L. Jones,
who gave a touching address. The organist, Mr. Stainton, gave
a fine rendering of Chopin's Marche Funebre at the commencement
of the service, and the National Anthem was sung at the close.
Tbe men who fell with Colonel Thynne. and those who have fallen
during the war from the immediate neighbourhood, were also remembered.
Extract
from Hartland and West Country Chronicle - Saturday 24
November 1917, page 6:
COLONEL
THYNNE
A
service in memory of Col. Thynne and those that fell with him was
held on Tuesday, 20th, at St. GFeorge's, Hanover Square, London,
the same church where he was married. His widow, relatives, and
many other distinguished persons were among those present.
Extract
from Western Times - Friday 16 November 1917, page 5:
Lieut.-Col.
Thynne, D.S.O.,
Killed in Palestine
Lieut.-Col.
Algernon Carteret Thynne, D.S.O., killed in action in Palestine
on November 6, served with distinction in the Boer war with the
Imperial Yeomanry. In the present war he had seen service in Gallipoli,
Egypt, and in the operations at Gaza. He was the second son of the
late Mr Francis John Thynne of Haynes Park, Bedford, and a grandson
of the late Lord John Thynne, sub-dean of Westminster. He succeeded
to the Granville Estates, comprising properties in Bude. Stratton,
Kilkhampton, and Morwenstowe, on the death of his father, and took
up residence at Penstowe, Kilkhampton, occupied by the late Canon
Thynne. With wife, he identified himself in all matters affecting
the welfare of the district. A large number of men from the neighbourhood
were serving with him. Lieut.-Col. Thynne was Master of the Tetcott
Hounds at the outbreak of war. He was also alderman of Cornwall
County Council, a county magistrate, a member of the County Education
Committee, and Launceston District Education Committee chairmanof
Stratton Old-age Pension Sub-Committee and chairman of Kilkhampton
Parish Council.
|
| TILLIE,
MiD |
Charles
Gordon aka Gordon |
Lieutenant
Temporary Captain, 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Died of wounds 23 August 1915. Aged 21. Son of Charles Reed (Solicitor)
and Sarah Tillie, of Londonderry; husband of Violet (nee Morrogh-Shannon)
Tillie, married January to March Quarter 1915 in Birkenhead Registration
District, Cheshire. Religious denomination Presbyterian. Mentioned
in Despatches (Mid). Educated at, Foyle College; Mourne Park School,
Rostrevor, Charterhouse and Sandhurst Military Academy. He was a
nephew of Mr. Marshall Tillie, formerly Mayor of Londonderry, and
grandson of Mr William Tillie, H.M.L. for Derry. His name was also
among a list of Great War dead, associated with Foyle College, Londonderry,
read aloud during that College’s annual prize giving ceremony,
held on Thursday, 19 December 1918. He is commemorated on, the War
memorial, the Diamond, Derry/Londonderry, his name is also recorded
on, the World War 1 Memorial, Christ Church (Church of Ireland),
Londonderry, and on the World War I, Roll of Honour, Foyle College,
Londonderry; he is also commemorated on the Charterhouse School
Memorial Chapel, Goldaming, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated
on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 97 to 101.
Extract
from The Derry Journal - Wednesday 1 September 1915,
page 3:
Another
young Derry officer has fallen at the Dardanelles. Lieutenant
Charles Gordon Tillie (Temporary Captain), only son of the late
Mr. Charles R. Tillie, was wounded on the 21st inst., and died
two days later. Lieutenant Tillie went from Mourne Park School,
Rostrevor to Charterhouse and passed into the Inniskilling Fusiliers
from Sandhurst. He was a nephew of the late Mr. Marshall Tillie,
formerly Mayor of the City, and grandson of the late Mr. William
Tillie, H.M.L. for Derry. He had many friends in Derry, where
there will be much sympathy with his relatives.
Extract
from Strabane Weekly News - Saturday 4 September
1915, page 8:
LIEUTENANT
GORDON TILLIE.
Notification
has been received by relatives in Londonderry of the death
in action of Lieutenant Gordon Tillie, Innisilling Fusiliers.
He was the only son of the late Mr. Charles R. Tillie and
nephew of the late Mr. Marshall Tillie, formerly Mayor of
Derry, and a grandson of the late Mr. William Tillie, H.M.L.,
of Derry. Lieutenant Tillie was wounded at the Dardanelles
on the 21st and died on the 23rd August. He was educated at
Foyle College and Charterhouse, and passed into the army through
Sandhurst, obtaining a commission in the Inniskillings.
Extract
from The Coleraine Chronicle - Saturday 4 September
1915:
TILLIE
– August 23, from wounds received on August 21st in
action at the Dardanelles, Lieutenant Charles Gordon Tillie,
1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, only son of the
late Charles Reid Tillie, and Grandson of the late William
Tillie, H.M.L., of Londonderry.
Extract
from The Derry Standard - Wednesday 29 September
1915:
TILLIE
– August 23, 1915, off the Coast of Gallipoli, on S.S.
Samoan, Lieutenant C. G. Tillie, 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers, only son of the late C. R. Tillie, Duncreggan, aged
21 years.
|
| TOLLER |
Richard
Arthur |
 Lieutenant,
Royal Air Force and 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Died of influenza
at 58, York Terrace, Regents Park, Middlesex, 24 February 1919.
Born 18 January 1892. Baptised 27 February 1892 in Weybridge, St
James, Surrey, son of Richard Beenridge and Loden Lilly Toller,
resident Weybridge. Husband of Phyllis Maud (nee Trale) Toller,
of 6, Clareville Grove, Onslow Gardens, London S.W., married 5 March
1918 in St Mark, North Audley Street, Middlesex. In the 1911 census
he was aged 19, born Weybridge, Surrey, a Clerk in a City Merchant's
Office, stepson of Edmund Herbert Lyon, resident 5 Wyndham Place,
St Marylebone, London & Middlesex. Previously admitted to Queen
Alexandra's Military Hospital at Millbank 8 October 1915 with wounds
to thigh, discharged 19 October 1915. Religious denomination Church
of England. Buried 24 February 1919 in BROMPTON CEMETERY, London.
Grave reference W.1. 175133.
Extract
from The Straits Times - Tuesday 22 April 1919, page 6:
Lieutenant
Richard Arthur Toller 2nd Welsh Regiment, who recently died of pneumonia,
following an attack of influenza, was born in 1892 at Weybridge,
and educated at Bilton Grange. Rugby, and Charterhouse. On leaving
school he went to the Malay States as a rubber planter on the Duff
Development Co's. property, and on the outbreak of war he volunteered
for military service, and was given a commission in the Special
Reserve, with the 4th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment in
Jersey. He married last year Phyllis, only daughter of Mrs. Teale. |
| TOMLINSON,
MC |
Hugh |
[Listed
as Lieutenant on SDGW] Captain (Pilot), 57th Squadron, Royal Flying
Corps. Missing flying a Sopwith 1½ Strutter, died of wounds
as a Prisoner of War 2 April 1917. Aged 34. Born 20 June 1882, baptised
17 July 1882 in Huddersfield, St Peter, Yorkshire (West Riding),
son of George William and Charlotte Tomlinson, of The Elms, New
North Road, Huddersfield. Native of Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Awarded
the Military Cross (M.C.). In the 1891 census he was aged 8, born
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, a Scholar, son of George W and Charlotte
Tomlinson, resident Woodfield, Wood Side, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
& Yorkshire (West Riding). In the 1901 census he was aged 18,
born Huddersfield, a Student at Royal Indian Engineering College,
Coopers Hill, Englefield Green, Virginia Water, Egham, Surrey. The
London and China Express, 17 April 1908, page 301, 20 April 1908,
page 302, record him leaving for Batavia (now Jakarta area of Indonesia)
aboard Imperial German main steamer Roon, sailing from Bremenb 15
April 1908 and Southampton 21 April 1908. Buried in CABARET-ROUGE
BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row
J. Grave 3.
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1896:
Tomlinson,
Hugh. b. 20 June, 1882. (Gownboys); Left C.Q., 1899. R.I.E.C., Cooper's
Hill.-Chinchona Planter in Java.
H. Tomlinson, Esq., Wood Field, Huddersfield.
Extract from Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph
- Saturday 14 October 1916, page 7 and Yorkshire Post and
Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 10 October 1916, page 4, and
South Eastern Gazette - Tuesday 17 October 1916, page
7:
An
engagement is announced between Captain Hugh Tomlinson, Military
Cross, R.F.C., son of the late G. W. Tomlinson, J.P., and Mrs.
Tomlinson, 65, Iverna Court, Kensington. and Madeleine de Lacy
(Madge), eldest daughter of Captain C. A. Wickham, R.A.M.C., and
Mrs. Wickham, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent.
Extract
from West London Observer - Friday 15 June 1917, page
3:
CAPTAIN
TOMLINSON'S DEATH.—Captain Hugh Tomlinson, M.C.,
R.F.C., who died in a German field hospital on April 2nd, was
the youngest son of G. W. Tomlinson, F.S.A.. of Woodfield, Huddersfield,
and of Mrs. Tomlinson, of 65, Iverna Court, Kensington. In November,
1915, after a course at Hendon, he was gazetted to the R.F.C.,
and later he was put on the night defence of London, and went
up during several Zeppelin raids. During the raid on January 31st,
1916, he met with a bad accident. He had a second serious accident
in May, 1916. Captain Tomlinson received the Military Cross in
June, 1916. and was mentioned in dispatches in January, 1917,
when serving in France.
Extract
from Kensington News and West London Times - Friday 15
June 1917, page 2:
Captain
Hugh Tomlinson, M.C., R.F.C., who died in a German field hospital
on April 2nd, was the youngest son of Mr G. W. Tomlinson, F.S.A.,
of Woodfield, Huddersfield and of Mrs Tomlinson, of 65 Iverna
Court Kensington. Educated at Lockers Park and Charterhouse, he
went out to Java where he had a tea plantation. War was declared
while he was on his way home and two days after landing he enlisted
but was rejected by the medical board. He then joined the Red
Cross as a motor ambulance driver being attached to French Red
Cross, and served in France for six months. In November 1915 after
a course at Hendon he was gazetted to the R.F.C., and later put
on the night defence of London went up during several Zeppelin
raids. During the raid on January 31st 1916 he met with a bad
accident. He had a second serious accident in May 1916. Captain
Tomlinson received the Military Cross in June 1916 and was mentioned
in despatches in January, 1917, when serving in France. His CO
writes:—“They put up a most excellent fight against
great odds; it was a wonderful performance. Your son was very
popular with all ranks; the N.C.O.’s and men in his flight
would have done anything for him, and in consequence kept things
going most awfully well. One of his flying officers told me how
much he helped them, and they simply did the work to please him
and to keep up the reputation of the flight”
|
| |
Alan
[Hawtin] |
 [Alan
Hawree Tompson on SDGW] Second Lieutenant, Special reserve attached
to 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 27 September
1915. Aged 35. Embarked France 15 August 1915. Son of John Alfred
and Marie Louise Tompson; husband of Gladys Tompson (nee Bullough),
of Glenlyon. In the 1881 census he was aged 1, son of John Alfred
and Marie Louise Clifford Tompson, born Denham, Buckinghamshire,
resident The Priory, Denham. In the 1891 census he was a son, aged
11, born Denham, resident The Priory, Denham. In the 1901 census
he is a son, aged 21, born Denham, resident Dromenagh, Iver, Buckinghamshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL. Panel 5 to 7. See
also Glen Lyon War
Memorial and Cambridge
Trinity College
From
the Charterhouse Register Vol 2, Cricket Quarter 1894:
Tompson,
Alan Hawtin. b. 23 Jan., 1880: 2 s. of Alfred Tompson, of Iver
Heath; (Robinites-Verites); Senior Scholar; Cricket XI, 1897,'98,'99;
Capt., '99; Football XI, 1898-'99; Left C.Q. 1899. Exhibitioner
Trin. Coll., Camb.; B.A.;- Sheep Farmer.
A.H.
Tompson, Esq., Nairobi, East Africa..
Note
from the Times newspaper of 20 October 1915 under the
heading "Fallen Officers."
Lieutenant Alan Tompson of 4th battalion Grenadier Guards who
was killed on September 27th was the son of Mr. John Arthur Tompson
of Dromenagh, Iver Heath. He was educated at Charterhouse and
Trinity Cambridge where he took a scholarship and several distinctions.
He was well known in British East Africa, having gone there 11
years ago and taken up land. He served 6 months in the East Africa
Mounted Rifles.
Extract
from Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 about Alan
Hawtin Tompson:
Name:
Alan Hawtin Tompson
College: TRINITY
Entered: Michs. 1899
Born: 23 Jan 1880
Adm. sizar at TRINITY, Sept. 30, 1899. [2nd] s. of John Alfred,
of ‘Dromenagh,’ Iver Heath, Bucks. (and Marie Louise
Clifford, dau. of T. Kimber). B. Jan. 23, 1880, at Denham, Uxbridge.
School, Charterhouse. Matric. Michs. 1899; B.A. 1902. A sheep-farmer
in Nairobi, British East Africa. Married, 1915, Gladys, dau. of
John Bullough, of Kinloch Castle, Rhum. Served in the Great War,
1914-19 (Second Lieut., East African Mounted Rifies and Grenadier
Guards); killed in action, Sept. 27, 1915. Brother of the next.
(The Times, Oct. 20, 1915.)
Extract
from Bucks Herald - Saturday 23 October 1915, page 8:
Killed.—
Lieut. Alan Tompson, 4th Batt. Grenadier Guards (killed in action
September 27), was the second son of the late John Arthur Tompson,
of Dromenagh, Iver Heath.
Extract
from Bucks Herald - Saturday 23 October 1915, page 8:
TOMPSON.—Killed
in action in France, on Sept. 27th,Second Lieutenant Alan Tompson,
4th Grenadier Guards, son of the late John Arthur Tompson, of
Dromenag,. Iver Heath.
Extract
from Windsor and Eton Express - Saturday 23 October 1915,
page 3:
IVER
HEATH.
Killed
in Action.
Lieutenant
Alan Tompson, 4th Grenadier Guards, who was killed on September
27, was the second son of Mr. John Arthur Tompson, of Dromenagh,
Iver Heath. He was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity, Cambridge,
where he took a scholarship and several distinctions. He was well-known
in British East Africa, having gone there 11 years ago and taken
up land. He was one of the first to see the great possibilities
of that country. He served for six months in the East African
Rifles before returning to England, where he joined the Grenadier
Guards, going to France two months later.
|
| TORRY |
John
Shirley Archibald |
 Second
Lieutenant, 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's
Own). Died of wounds 19 September 1915. Born 17 July 1889 in Matlock,
Derbyshire. Matriculated 1908 in New College, Oxford University.
In the 1911 census he was aged 21, born Matlock, Derbyshire, a Student,
son of Henry John Claude and Lucy Charlotte Torry, resident Rectory,
Streat Hassocks, Streat, Sussex. Married Pauline A Duleep Singh
in the June to September Quarter 1914 in Kensington Registration
District, London. Buried in MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France.
Plot V. Row B. Grave 22. Also commemorated on Westmeston
and Streat Roll of Honour, Streat East, Sussex
Extract
from Rifle Brigade Chronicle, 1915, page 157:
2ND
LIEUTENANT (TEMP.) J. S. A. TORRY.
12th (Service) Battalion.
JOHN SHIRLEY ARCHIBALD TORRY was the eldest son of the Rev. Henry
John Claude Torry of Streat Rectory, Sussex and was born 17 July
1889. He was educated at Charterhouse and New College, Oxford where
he served in the Public Schools and University Corps. In January
1915 he was gazetted to the 12th (Service) Battalion and proceeded
with it to France in July. When on night patrol duty between the
trenches he was wounded and he died of his wounds in hospital at
Merville, France on 19 September 1913 (sic - s/b 1915).
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
TORRY
John Shirley Archibald of Street Rectory Hassocks Sussex
second-lieutenant 12th battalion Rifle Brigade died 19 September
1915 at the 2nd London Clearing Station France Probate London
14 December to Princess Pauline Torry widow. Effects £2831
17s. 1d.
Extract
from Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 28 September 1915, page
1:
DIED
OF WOUNDS.
SECOND LIEUT. J. B. A. TORRY—
STREAT.
The
Rev. Claude Torry, Rector of Street and Westmeston, will have many
sympathisers in the sad loss he has sustained by the death of his
eldest son, Second Lieutenant John Shirley Archibald Torry, 12th
Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). This took place
in France on September 19th, as the result of wounds received on
the previous day. Lieutenant Torry was born in July, 1889, and was
educated at Charterhouse (where he was a scholar) and at New College,
Oxford. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the Public School
and University Men's Force, and this year obtaineda commission in
the Rifle Brigede. In 1914 he married Pauline, daughter of the late
Maharajah Duleep Singh.
Extract
from Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 1 October 1915,
page 12:
STREAT.
DEATH
OF RECTOR'S SON.—Great sympathy is extended to the
Rev. Claude Torry, whose eldest son was, as officially announced,
killed in France on the 19th September. Deceased, Lieut. John Shirley
Archibald Torry, who was about twenty-six years of age, was in India
for some time, and leaves a wife to mourn his loss. He was the rev.
gentleman's only son by his first wife. After coming home from India
he received a commission as Second Lieutenant in the 12th Battalion
Rifle Brigade, and was soon drafted to the Front.
|
| TRAILL |
Anthony |
 Captain,
Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 2nd/4th Battalion, Prince of
Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Died on service 25 August
1917. Aged 27. Son of Edmund Bernard Traill and Gertrude Ann Traill,
of Fir Grove, Ottery St. Mary, Devon. Buried in GREVILLERS BRITISH
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row B. Grave 10.
Extract
from Essex Newsman - Saturday 1 September 1917, page 2:
Capt.
Anthony Traill. R.A.M.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. E. .B. Traill, of
Pebmarsh, and Chiru, Traill, Argentina, died at a casualty clearing
station of internal hemorrhage August 25, aged 27.
|
| TREE |
Charles
James |
 Lieutenant,
9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 20 July 1915.
Aged 25. Son of Warren Williams Arrowsmith Tree and Juliana Bevan
Tree, of 4, Lansdowne Crescent. Worcester. In the 1901 census he
was aged 11, born Malvern, Worcestershire, son of Warren W A and
Juliana B Treet, resident Camp Hill Road, Worcester, Worcestershire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 21, born Malvern Link, a Student,
son of Charles
James and Charles James Tree, resident Battenhall Grange, Camp Hill
Road, Worcester, Worcester, Worcestershire. Buried in LANCASHIRE
LANDING CEMETERY, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Section A. Grave
54.
Extract
from Birmingham Mail - Saturday 24 July 1915, page 6, and
Gloucestershire Echo - Tuesday 27 July 1915, page 3:
Mr.
W. W. A. Tree, clerk to tho County Justices Worcester, has received
information that his second son, Lieutenant C. J. Tree, of Worcester
Regiment, died from wounds on July 20th. Lieutenant Tree was educated
Charterhouse, and became master of a private secondary school at
East Grinstead. He joined the 9th Worcesters on the outbreak of
war and became lieutenant in February. He had been at the front
about a month. Mr W. W. Tree has two other sons on active service.
Extract
from Birmingham Mail - Saturday 24 July 1915, page 6, and
Gloucestershire Echo - Tuesday 27 July 1915, page 3:
WORCESTERSHIRE
CASUALTIES.
Death of Lieut. C. J. Tree.
Mr
W. W. A. Tree has received an intimation from the War Offioe that
his second son, Lieut. C. J. Tree, of the Worcester Regt., died
from wounds on July 20th. Much sympathy 'will be extended to Mr.
and Mrs. Tree, who have two other sons on active service. The eldest,
Mr W. F. Tree, is a lieutenant in the 10th Battalion of the Worcestershire
Regt., and the youngest son, Mr. P. B. enlisted in the Public Schools
Battalion. Lieut. Charles James Tree was educated at Miss Robson's
private school and later at Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Cambridge,
where he obtained honours. He became master at a private secobdary
school at East grinstead, Sussex, and showed everry pomise of a
most successful career. He joined the 5th Worcesters on the outbreak
of the war, and was gazetted a full lieutenant in February of this
year. He was 25 years of age and unmarried. He had been at the front
for about a month.
|
| TRENCH,
MiD |
Charles
Reginald Chenevix |
 Major,
2nd/5th Battalion (Territorial), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 30.
Son of the late Rev. Francis Chenevix Trench; husband of Clare Cecily
Chenevix (nee Howard) Trench, of Durwood, Sandhurst, Camberley,
Surrey, banns 10 January 1915 in Berkhamstead., married 28 January,
at All Saints, Orpington. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Originally
Inns of the Court O.T.C. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
Extract
from Nottingham Evening Post - Saturday 20 April 1918,
page 3:
PREVIOUSLY
MISSING, NOW REPORTED KILLED.
Major C. R. C. Trench.
Major
C. R. C. Trench, who was reported missing at the beginning of the
month, is now reported killed. At the beginning of the war he was
a captain in the Inns of Court Training Corps, and was promoted
a majority in the Sherwood Foresters last July. |
| TRIPP |
Harold |
Lieutenant,
3rd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment attached to 1st/4th Battalion,
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed
in action 16 August 1917. Born 19 March 1886. Son of Wallace James
Tripp; husband of Janet Laidlaw (nee Edgar) Tripp, married 2 December
1916 in Deal, St Andrew, Kent. In the 1891 census he was aged 4,
born London, Middlesex, resident with his sisters at Wiltshire Road,
Lambeth, London & Surrey. In the 1901 census he was aged 14,
born London, Middlesex, a school boarder, resident Hindhead Road,
Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE
COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 79 to 80.
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1900:
Tripp,
Harold. b. 19 March, 1886. (Daviesites); Left L.Q., 1903.-Mining
Engineer.
H. Tripp, Esq., 102, Tulse Hill, S. W.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1918:
TRIPP
Harold of 43 Upper Baker-street Middlesex
lieutenant 3rd battalion East Surrey regiment died 16 August 1917
at St. Julien in France Administration (with Will) London
18 May to Janet Laidlaw Tripp widow.
Effects £193 3s. 2d.
Extract
from Reading Mercury - Saturday 25 August 1917, page
7:
Tripp.—Killed
in action, on August 16, Lieut. Harold Tripp, East Surreys, attached
Royal Berks, beloved husband of Janet (nee Edgar) Tripp, of Deal.
Extract
from Reading Mercury - Saturday 25 August 1917, page
7:
PRO
PATRIA. CAPT.
HAROLD TRIPP.
We
much regret to learn that on Monday last, the news was reeeived
of the death in action in France of Captain Harold Tipp, 3rd East
Surrey Regt., attached to a Battalion of the Buffs. Capt. Tripp
was married at St. Andrew's, Deal, in December last, to Miss Janet
Laidlaw Elgar, second daughter of Ald. J. Edgar, J.P., and Mrs.
Edgar, of Sholden Lodge and Esplanade House, Deal. Capt. Tripp,
who served through the Battle of the Somme, came home on short
leave to be married, and afterwards returned to the trenches.
He 31 years of age. Much sympathy is expressed with Mrs Tripp
and Ald. and Mrs. Edgar and family, in this early bereavement.
|
| TROLLOPE |
Purcell
George Harman |
[Not
listed on SDGW] Lance Corporal 3088, 16th Battalion, London Regiment
(Queen's Westminster Rifles). Died on service 26 January 1917. Aged
32. Born 29 May 1884. Son of Francis Trollope. In the 1891 census
he was aged 6, born London, Middlesex, son of Francis and Florence
E Trollope, resident Belgrave Road, St George Hanover Square, London
& Middlesex. Married Dorothy Nellie Birkett Boardman 16 July
1913 at Woking, St John, Surrey. Buried in BARNES OLD CEMETERY,
Surrey. Section 2. Row I. Grave 4.
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1898:
Trollope,
Purcell George Harman. b. 29 May, 1884. (Robinites); Left L.Q.,
1902.
P. G. H. Trollope, Esq., The Manor House, Ditton Hill.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
TROLLOPE
Purcell George Harman of "Heatherlands" Buxted
Sussex died 26 January 1917 Probate London
24 July to Felix John Game lieutenant Royal Flying Corps. Effects
£10698 3s. 10d. Further Grant 27. April 1918.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1918:
TROLLOPE
Purcell George Harman of Heatherlands Buxted Sussex
died 26 January 1917 Probate London 27 April
to James Cecil Crier civil servant.
Effects £7807 12s. 2d. Former Grant P.R. July 1917.
Extract
from Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 27 July 1917,
page 10:
A
BUXTED WILL
Mr.
Purcell George Harman Trollope, Heatherlands, Buxted, eldest son
of the late Mr. Francis Trollope, Manor House, Ditton, Surrey,
and nephew of Colonel G. H. Trollope, D.L., V.D., on the outbreak
of the war enlisted as a private in the Queen's Westminsters,
but did not enjoy robust health, and probably overtaxed his strength,
which led to a serious illness. His death occurred on 26th January,
leaving estate valued at £10,698 3s. 10d. with net personalty
£9,422 18s. 5d. Lieutenant Felix John Gaine, of 1, Motcombe-straeet,
Belgrave-square, London, W., of the Royal Flying Corps, is one
of the executors.
The
will is dated 16th July, 1913, wherein testator left:—£50
to the Executor: £500, furniture, etc., and horses and carriages
to his wife; the residue of his property left in trust for his
wife for life and then for his children as she appoints.
|
| TRUSTRAM,
MC |
Raymond
Prince |
Lieutenant,
121st Battery, 27th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Wounded 25 August
1918 at Biefviliers; died of wounds 28 August 1918. Aged 21. Son
of Edward Jones Trustram and Florence Elizabeth Trustram, of 68,
Fellows Rd., London. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Hampstead,
Middlesex, son of Edward J and Florence E Trustram, resident 159,
Adelaide Road, Hampstead, London & Middlesex. Accepted for admission
but did not matriculate at Oriel College, Oxford University. Educated
Charterhouse and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Awarded the Military
Cross (M.C.). Buried in BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT, Somme,
France. Plot V. Row E. Grave 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1919:
TRUSTRAM
Raymond Prince of 68 Fellows-road Hampstead Middlesex
M.C. lieutenant R.F.A. died 28 August. 1918 in France or Belgium
Administration London 17 January to Edward Jones
Trustram solicitor.
Effects £123 19s. 11d.
Military
Cross Citation - Extract from SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE,
6 April, 1918, page 4230-4231, for actions on 10 October 1917:
2nd
Lt. Raymond Prince Trustram, R.F.A.
For
conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He accompanied another
officer in a reconnaissance of the whole front of an infantry
brigade lasting several hours under continual shell fire. The
general officer commanding the infantry brigade reports that the
reconnaissance was a most gallant one, and the information of
very great use to him. This officer has rendered most valuable
help to his battery officer by his coolness and courage and fine
example to the men.
Extract
from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday
5 September 1918, page 6:
LIEUT.
RAYMOND PRINCE TRUSTRAM. M.C., who died of wounds on
August 28, the son Mr. E. J. Trustram (Under-Sheriff last year
of the City London), and grandson of. the late Mr. Richard Henry
Appleton, formerly of Woodside Hall, Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees,
and Cleveland Mills, Thornaby-on-Tees. Lieut, Trustram was educated
Charterhouse, and was intended for Oriel College. Oxford, and
the solicitor's profession. He passed through the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich, and received his commission on August 28,
1916. He was awarded the Military Cross for protracted reconnaissance
during which he was under continual shell fire for several hours.
He had served both the Western aud Italian Fronts, and was twice
wounded, the fatal wound being received on the second anniversary
of the receipt his commission.
Extract
from Marylebone Mercury - Saturday 7 September 1918,
page 3:
SECOND-LIEUT.
TRUSTRAM, M.C.
DE AD.
The
many friends of Capt. and Mrs. Trustram, 68, Fellows Road, will
learn with regret of the death at a clearing station of their
elder son, Lieut. Raymond Prince Trustram, M.C., at the early
age of 21. Educated at Eastbourne and Charterhouse, it was intended
he should go to Oriel. He, however, became a solicitor. The military
turn of events, however, was the explanation of his passing instead
into the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in November, 1915,
and receiving his commission in August 1916. He was in action
on the Somme early in September that year, and was slightly wounded.
He took part in other severe fighting, and in November 1916 was
awarded the Military Cross. He had accompanied another officer
in a reconnaissance lasting several hours under continual shell
fire, and the general officer commanding the brigade reported
that the reconnaissance was gallantly carried out, and that the
information was of great use. It was also reported of him that
he had rendered most valuable help to his battery officer by his
coolness and courage and fine example to the men. In November,
1917, he went to the Italian front with his battery, but returned
to another front last March.
Extract
from Woolwich Herald - Friday 13 September 1918, page 1:
TRUSTRAM.—On
August 28th, of wounds received in action, Lieut. Raymond Prince
Trustram. M.C., R.F.A., beloved elder of Edward Jones and Florence
Trustram, 68, Fellows-road, South Hampstead, aged 21.
Extract
from Kensington Post - Friday 27 September 1918, page
3:
Lieut.
Raymond Prince Trustram, M.C., R.F.A.. who died at a casualty
clearing station on August 28th, of wounds received two days earlier,
was the elder son of Captain Edward Jones Trustram and Mrs. Trustram,
of 68, Fellows Road, Hampstead, and was aged 21. It was reported
of him that he rendered most valuable help to his battery officer
by his coolness and courage and fine example to the men.
Extract
from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday
5 September 1918, page 6:
LIEUT.
RAYMOND PRINCE TRUSTRAM, M.C., who died of wounds on
August 28, the son Mr. E. J. Trustram (Under-Sheriff last year
of the City London), and grandson of. the late Mr. Richard Henry
Appleton, formerly of Woodside Hall, Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees,
and Cleveland Mills, Thornaby-on-Tees. Lieut, Trustram was educated
Charterhouse, and was intended for Oriel College. Oxford, and
the solicitor's profession. He passed through the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich, and received his commission on August 28,
1916. He was awarded the Military Cross for protracted reconnaissance
during which he was under continual shell fire for several hours.
He had served both the Western aud Italian Fronts, and was twice
wounded, the fatal wound being received on the second anniversary
of the receipt his commission.
|
| TULLY |
Richard
Latimer |
 Lieutenant,
4th Battalion (Territorial) attached 12th Battalion, Northumberland
Fusiliers. Died on service 22 July 1918. Aged 19. Son of James Emery
Tully, of Newton Hall, Stocksfield, Northumberland. In the 1901
census he was aged 2, born Whitley, Northumberland, son of James
E and Jane E Tully, resident East Cliff, Whitley, Tynemouth, Northumberland.
Buried in BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT, Somme, France.
Plot III. Row F. Grave 16.
Extract
from Newcastle Daily Chronicle - Friday 26 July 1918, page
5:
HEXHAM
OFFICER'S SAD DEATH.
Mr.
and Mrs. Tully, of West Quarter, Hexham, have been notified of the
death, on the 22nd of their second son, Second- Lieutenant R. L.
TULLY, Northumberland Fusiliers. It seems that the deceased was
playing football, when he received such injuries accidentally during
the play that an operation was necesestry, and he succumbed. He
had been in France since the end ot April.
|
| TURNER |
Harcourt
Charles |
 Lieutenant,
3rd Battalion attached 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
formerly Lance Corporal 2898, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
Killed in action 23 August 1917. Aged 32. Baptised 10 June 1885
in Cuckfield, Sussex. Son of Montagu and Augusta Jane Turner, of
"Hortons," Cuckfield, Sussex. In the 1901 census he was
aged 15, born London, Middlesex, a School boy, boarding at Dane
Court School, Constitution Hill, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset. In the
1911 census he was aged 25, born Pimlico, London, Middlesex, a Dairy
Farmer, resident 1 Holly Cottages, Cuckfield, Sussex. No known grave.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaandweren, Namur, Belgium.
Panel 80 to 82. See also Cuckfield
Memorial, Sussex
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1898:
Turner,
Harcourt Charles. b. 4 May, 1885. (Lockites); Left O.Q., 1899. -Pupil
of Land Agent.
H. C. Turner, Esq., W ooderaft, Cuckfield, Hayward's Heath.
Extract
from Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 7 September
1917, page 5:
Second
Lieutenant Harcourt Charles Turner. D.C.L.I., killed August 23rd,
was the third son of the late Montagu Turner and Mis. Turner,
of Cuckfield. He was educated at Upland House, Epsom, and Charterhouse.
He enlisted in 1914, receiving his commission in 1915, and proceeding
to the Front in September, 1916. His commanding officer writes:—"He
died a very gallant death, leading his platoon in the attack.
We all mourn his loss, as he was always so cheerful and kind."
|
| TURNER |
James
Clifford |
 Lieutenant
(Pilot), 27th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Field Artillery.
Missing believed killed in action, flying a De Havilland D.H.2 [according
to RAF Museum or Martinsyde G100 7307, Airmen Died in the Great
War, 1914-1919] 3 August 1916. Born 21 April 1896. Aged 20. Baptised
20 May 1896 in York, St Lawrence, son of James Kemp and Rebecca
Turner, resident York. Native of Weybridge, Surrey. Grandson of
Mrs. A. M. Turner, of "Hillcroft," Victoria Rd., Swanage,
Dorset. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born York, Yorkshire,
a school boarder, resident, Charterhouse Godalming, Godalming, Surrey.
Buried in BELGRADE CEMETERY, Namur, Belgium. Plot II. Row A. Grave
5.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
TURNER
James Clifford of Goodacre Weybridge Surrey
lieutenant Royal Field Artillery attached Royal Flying Corps died
4 August 1916, in Belgium Administration (limited) London
4 April to Louisa Bethell widow attorney of Herbert Kemp Turner.
Effects £230. |
| TURNER |
Noel
Price James |
 [Listed
as Noel Prince James TURNER on CWGC] Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion,
later 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers attached to 2nd Battalion,
Welsh Regiment. Died of wounds 9 May 1915. Born 7 December 1878.
Aged 36. Baptised 5 January 1879 in Richmond, St Matthias, Surrey,
resident 8 Park Villas East, Richmond, Surrey. Son of the Rev. John
James and Harriette Augusta Turner, of Pentreheylin, Llanymynech,
Mont.; husband of Minnie (nee Beck) Turner, of Sylfaen, Welshpool,
married 25 Sep 1902 st Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire, Wales. In the
1881 census he was aged 2, born Richmond, Surrey, son of Henriette
Turner, grandson of Richard P and Henriette Harrison, resident 16,
Fopstone Road, Kensington, London & Middlesex. In the 1911 census
he was aged 32, born Richmond, Surrey, living on Private Means,
married for 8 years to Minnie Turner with two sons, resident Sylfaen
Hall, Castle Caereinion, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Buried
in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row G.
Grave 1. Also
commemorated on Welshpool, St Mary, Memorial, Montgomeryshire, and
also in Llandysilio, Church of St Tysilio, Montgomeryshire.Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1892:
Turner,
Noel Price James. b. 7 Dec., 1878. (Verites); Left C.Q., 1896. Keble
Coll., Oxf. - Joined Montgomeryshire I.Y., 1901; served in S. African
War, 1900-'01; retired, 1903.
N. P. J. Turner, Esq., Pentreheylin, Llanymynech.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
volume 2, page 478:
LIEUTENANT
NOEL PRICE JAMES TURNER, 3rd (RESERVE) (attd. 1st) BATTN. SOUTH
WALES BORDERERS, of Sylfaen Hall, Welshpool, was the
son of the Rev. John James Turner, of Pentreheylin, Llandysilio,
Montgomeryshire, and was born on the 7th December, 1878, at Richmond,
Surrey.
He was educated at Charterhouse and at Keble College, Oxford.
In the South African War he served as a Trooper in the 49th Montgomeryshire
Imperial Yeomanry, and for his services there he received the
Queen's medal with three clasps. Lieutenant Turner, who was the
owner of the Pentreheylin Estate, was a member of the Welshpool
Town Council, the Montgomeryshire County Council, and—in
1908—he was High Sheriff for Montgomeryshire. He was a member
of the Oriental Club.
After the outbreak of the War with Germany Mr. Turner applied
for a commission, and in September, 1914, he was gazetted 2nd
Lieutenant on probation and posted to the 3rd Battalion South
Wales Borderers, becoming Lieutenant in December, 1914. In that
month he proceeded to the front and was attached there to the
2nd Welsh Regiment, with which he served until March, and was
mentioned in Sir John French's Despatch of the 31st May, 1915.
He was attached to the 1st Battalion of his own Regiment, with
which he was serving when he died on the 9th May, 1915, from the
effects of wounds received the same day near La Bassée.
He was buried in Bethune Cemetery. Lieutenant Turner married in
1902 Minnie, daughter of Edward Beck, of Gippsland, Australia,
and leaves two sons, John James, born in September, 1907, and
Richard Price, born in December, 1908.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 1,
page 357:
TURNER,
NOEL PRICE JAMES, Lieut. 3rd (Reserve), att. 1st, Battn.
South Wales Borderers, elder s. of the late Rev. John
James Turner of Pentreheylin, Llandysilio, Montgomeryshire, by
his wife, Harriett Augusta, dau. of Richard Price Harrison; b.
Richmond, co. Surrey, 7 Dec. 1878; educ. Charterhouse and Keble
College, Oxford; served in South African War as a trooper in the
Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry (Queen's medal with four clasps);
and on the outbreak of the European War enlisted in the 3rd South
Wales Borderers, 19 Aug. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
that battn. (Special Reserve of Officers) 4 Sept. following. He
left for France, 19 Dec., and was attd. to the 2nd Welsh, with
whom he served until March 1915, when he was attd. to the 1st
Battn. of his own regt. He died in hospital at Bethune, 9 May
following, of wounds received in action near that place on 9 May.
Buried in Bethune Cemetery. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John
(now Lord) French's Despatches of 31 May, 1915 [London Gazette,
22 June, 1915], for distinguished conduct while attd. to the 2nd
Welsh. Lieut. Turner was a prominent public man in Montgomeryshire;
a former member of the Montgomeryshire County Council; High Sheriff,
1909; and the owner of the Pentreheylin Estate. He resided at
Sylfaen Hall, Welshpool. He m. at Guilslield, near Welshpool,
25 Sept. 1902, Minnie, 2nd dau. of the late Edward Beck, of South
Gippsland, Australia, and had two sons: John James, b.
8 Sept. 1907; and Richard Price, b. 10 Dec. 1908. A nephew
of his, 2nd Lieut. Alan Langlands, of the 3rd South Wales Borderers,
and also serving with the 1st Battn., was killed in action the
same day.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
TURNER
Noel Price James of Sylfaen near Welshpool Montgomeryshire
lieutenant South Wales Borderers died 9 May 1915 at Bethune France
Probate London 25 November to Minnie Turner widow
and Alexander Hudleston Stokes gentleman.
Effects £32776 1s 8d. Resworn £33585 11s. 6d.
Extract
from Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 30 November 1915, page 2:
WILLS
AND BEQUESTS.
WELSHPOOL OFFICER’S ESTATE.
Lieutenant
Noel Price James Turner, Sylfaen, near Welshpool, of the South
Wales Borderers, owner the Pentreheylin estate, who went through
the South African War as a trooper in the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry,
gaining the Queen’s medal, and died from wounds received
in action in France, has left estate valued at £32,776,
with net personalty £2,332.
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Roger
Bingham |
 Lieutenant,
3rd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action 9 April 1916.
Aged 21. Son of Bingham Dixon Turner and Dora Turner, of Bryn Estyn
Hough Green, Chester. Educated at Charterhouse and Jesus College,
Cambridge. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Scotland, a schoolboy,
resident Boys Grammar School, Burton Walks, Loughborough, Leicestershire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Moffat, Dumfrieshire, Scotland,
a schoolo boarder, resident Bodcites, Godalming, Surrey. No known
grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 14 and 62.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 3, page
272:
TURNER,
ROGER BINGHAM, Lieut., 3rd Battn. (Reserve) The Cheshire
Regt., s. of Bingham Dixon Turner, M.A., of School House,
Loughborough, Head Master of Loughborough School, late Fellow of
Jesus College, Cambridge, and his wife, Dora, dau. of the late Major
James Swetenham (The Buffs), of Moston Hall, Chester; b.
Moffatt, 9 Aug. 1895; educ. Sandroyd School, 1906-9; Charterhouse
(Junior and Senior Scholarships), 1909-14, and Jesus College, Cambridge
(open Classical Scholar), 1914-15; trained with the Cambridge O.T.C.;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. The Cheshire Regt. 12 April, 1915;
went with a draft to the Dardanelles 1 Sept. 1915, where he was
attached to the 8th Battn., and was present at the evacuation of
Sulva Bay and Cape Helles; in Feb. 1916, he proceeded to Mesopotamia,
and was killed in action at Sanna-i-yat 9 April following. A brother
officer wrote: "He was a splendid officer, always doing his
work without fear or fuss, and always cheery. I saw a lot of him,
and, like everyone else, appreciated his usefulness and fine conduct.
I know, too, how much his Company Commander, who was killed about
the same time, appreciated his work." Unm.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1916:
TURNER
Roger Bingham of the School House Loughborough Leicestershire
second-lieutenant 3rd battalion Cheshire regiment died 9 April 1916
in action in Mesopotamia Administration Leicester
14 October to Bingham Dixon Turner schoolmaster. Effects 377 13s.
7d.
Extract
from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday
8 June 1916, page 6:
SEC.-LIEUT.
ROGER BINGHAM TURNER, Cheshire Regiment, previously reported
missing, now unofficially stated to have been killed in action April
9, the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Bingham Turner, School House, Loughborough.
Aged 20 years, he was educated at Sandroyd School, Cobham, and Charterhouse,
and he gained an open classical scholarship at Jesus College, Cambridge.
After training with the Cambridge O.T.C., he got his commission
in the Cheshires in April, 1915.
Extract
from Loughborough Echo - Friday 9 June 1916, page 5:
Lieutenant
Bingham Turner.
Second-Lieut.
Roger Bingham Turner, Cheshire Regiment, previously reported missing,
now unofficially stated to have been killed on April 9th, aged 20,
was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Bingham Turner, School House,
Loughborough. He was educated at Sandroyd School, Cobham, and at
Charterhouse, where he was successively a junior and a senior scholar,
and head of Bodeites. He gained an open classical scholarship at
Jesus College, Cambridge, and was in residence from October, 1914,
till March, 1915, while he !rained with the Cambridge O.T.C. In
April, 1915, he received his commission, and in September went out
with a draft to Gallipoli, where he took part in the evacuation
at Sulva and Helles. He was killed when taking part in a charge
on the enemy's entrenched position.
Extract
from Loughborough Echo - Friday 1 December 1916, page 3:
MR.
and MRS. B. D. TURNER, of the Loughborough Grammar School House,
have expressed a desire, which has been accepted by the Governors
of the Schools, to place a clock with Cambridge chimes in the Tower
of the Grammar School, in commemoration of their son, Sec.-Lieut.
Roger Bingham Turner, Cheshire Regiment, aged 20 years, who was
unofficially reported killed on April 9th this year. The chimes
will be similar to those of the Parish Church, and the work of constructing
the four bells will he carried out by Messrs. J. W. Taylor and Sons,
of the Bell Foundry.
Extract
from Leicester Evening Mail - Friday 26 January 1917, page
5:
LOUGHBOROUGH.
A
new clock with chimes has been placed in the Loughborough Grammar
School Buildings. It has been given by the headmaster and Mrs. Bingham
Turner, in memory of their elder son, Second-Lieut. Roger Bingham
Turner, of the Cheshire Regiment, who was killed on April 9th, 1916.
in The bells are four in number.
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| TWEEDY |
Trevor
Carlyon |
 Captain,
6th Battalion (Territorial), Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in
action 15 September 1916. Aged 21. Born 13 April 1895. Baptised
16 May 1895 in Kenilworth, St Nicholas, Warwickshire. Son of Dr.
Reginald Carlyon Tweedy (Doctor of Medicine) and Edith J. Tweedy,
of Hyde House, Waterloo Place, Leamington Spa. In the 1901 census
he was aged 5, born Kenilworth, Warwickshire, son of Reginald C
and Edith Tweedy, resident Abbey Hill, Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire.
Admitted January 1908 to H.M.S. Conway Training Ship, Liverpool,
son of Dr R Carlyon Tweedy, resident Abbey House, Kenilworth, left
December 1909. In the 1911 census he wasa ged 15, born Kenilworth,
Warwickshire, a school boarder, resident Pagertes, Godalming, Surrey.
Buried in DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France. Plot
XXX. Row L. Grave 4.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
TWEEDY
Trevor Carlyon of Abbey House Kenilworth Warwickshire
died 15 September 1916 in France Administration London
15 February to Reginald Canyon Tweedy M.D. Effects£122 19s.
Extract
from Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser - Saturday 23
September 1916, page 8:
KENILWORTH.
CAPTAIN T. C. TWEEDY KILLED.
It
is with regret we learn that Captain Trevor Carlyon Tweedy has been
killed in action in France on the 15th instant. Only 21 years of
age, this young man had been promoted Captain only last month, and
his early advancement speaks for itself of his keenness and capability.
He was the elder son of Major R. Carlyon Tweedy, R.A.M.C., of Abbey
House, Kenilworth, and was educated at Charterhouse. He became a
“special apprentice” at Messrs. Armstrong's Elswick
Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne, where he bad completed 2½ years
of his 3 years' course. He joined the Territorial Battalion, Northumberland
Fusiliers as Second-Lieutenant, in October, 1913, was mobilised
on the day war was declared, and went to France first in 1915. He
was invalided home with trench jaundice after six months, and on
recovery had a spell of light duty at home before rejoining his
battalion in France again in March last. He secured his full Lieutenancy
last year.
Extract
from Coventry Standard - Friday 29 September 1916, page
2:
KENILWORTH
AND THE WAR.
CAPTAIN T. C. TWEEDY KILLED.
It
is with deep regret that we learn of the death of Captain Trevor
Carlyon Tweedy, who was killed in action in France on the 15th instant.
Only twenty-one years of age, this young man was promoted Captain
last month, and his early advancement speaks for itself.
Captain
Tweedy was the elder son of Major R. Carlyon Tweedy, R.A.M.C., of
Abbey House, Kenilworth, and was educated at Charterhouse. He became
a “special apprentice” at Messrs. Armstrong's Elswick
Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne, where he bad completed 2½ years
of his three years' course. He joined the 6th Territorial Battalion,
Northumberland Fusiliers as Second-Lieutenant, in October, 1913,
was mobilised on the day war was declared, and went to France first
in 1915. He was invalided home with trench jaundice after six months,
and on recovery had a spell of light duty at home before rejoining
his battalion in France again in March last. He secured his full
lieutenancy last year.
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| TYLER,
MiD |
Albert |
 Lieutenant,
11th Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 12 November 1914.
Aged 21. Born 1 February 1893. Son of Mrs. H. E. Tyler, of Chester
Lodge, Sandown, Isle of Wight, and the late Col. H. E. Tyler. Mentioned
in Despatches (MiD). In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Greenwich,
Kent, son of Henry and Martha Tyler, resident Parterie, Broadway,
Sandown, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. In the 1911 census he was aged
18, born Greenwich, Kent, a Gentleman Cadet in the R.M.A. Woolwich,
son of Henry Edwin and Martha Ferances Tyler, resident Wetherden,
Warwicks Bench, Shalford, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 9.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
volume 1, page 412:
LIEUTENANT
ALBERT TYLER, ROYAL ENGINEERS, was the only child of Colonel
H. E. Tyler, R.E., and Mrs. Tyler, grandson of Captain Sir H. W.
Tyler, R.E., and great-grandson of General Sir C. W. Pasley, K.C.B.,
R.E. He was born on the 1st February, 1893, and educated at Mr.
Parry's School, Stoke House; and at Charterhouse, where he took
Junior and Senior Scholarships, and passed fourth for the R.M.A.,
Woolwich. He passed out third into the Royal Engineers in July,
1912, and was promoted Lieutenant in July, 1914.
Being posted to the 11th Field Company R.E., at Aldershot on leaving
Chatham, he went to France in August, 1914, and fought at Mons,
through the retirement at the Aisne, and again at Ypres. The 5th
and 11th Field Companies R.E. were improving defences by night,
and supporting infantry by day throughout the attack by the German
Guards, and on the 12th November, 1914, Lieutenant Tyler with two
sections of his company, by his prompt action, saved the situation
when the flank of the Staffordshires had become exposed, before
he was killed by a bullet through his heart. His uncle—Major
A. H. Tyler, R.E.—had been killed on similar duty in command
of the 5th Field Company R.E. the day before.
The Brigadier-General in command reported that had Lieutenant Tyler
lived he would have been recommended for the D.S.O. He was mentioned
in Field-Marshal Sir John French's Despatch of the 14th January,
1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
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