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Thomson, Gilmour West, 1912-1999

  • GB-2014-WSA-16816
  • Person
  • 1912-1999

Thomson, Gilmour West, son of Hugh James Thomson, stockbroker, of Chislehurst, Kent, and Ethel Maud, d. of Thomas Joseph West, marine engineering sales manager, of Chislehurst; b. 25 Dec. 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (R); left Apr. 1931; a certified accountant 1937, FCCA; RA (TA) 1938, commissioned 1942 (Capt.), served Dunkirk and N. Africa; dir. Kentish & Thomson Ltd, Croydon, 1946; ACIS 1947; financial dir. K. J. Motors Group 1959; m. 5 Sept. 1936 Kathleen Sarah, d. of Charles Henry Jenner, insurance official, of Chislehurst; d. 8 Jan. 1999.

Thompson, Michael Stephen, 1881-1955

  • GB-2014-WSA-16805
  • Person
  • 1881-1955

Thompson, Michael Stephen, youngest son of Henry Lewis Thompson (q.v.); b. Oct. 11, 1881; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (R); left July 1899; Central Technical Coll. South Kensington 1900-2; asst. engineer, Great Central Railway, 1902-8, Sudan Govt. Railways 1909-12; asst. director of Egyptian Public Works 1912-5; Assoc. M.Inst.C.E. Feb. 4, 1908; chief engineer, Palestine Railways, 1920-3; deputy chief engineer, Anglo-Spanish Construction Co., since 1924; temp. Capt. R.E. Sept. 18, 1917; served on the construction of military railways, Suez Canal, Sinai Desert, and Palestine 1915-20; demob. as Major; mentioned in despatches L.G. June 3, 1919; m. Dec. 11, 1912, Cecilia Margaret, daughter of James Henry Sprott, of Shrewsbury; M.I.C.E. 1928; sometime general manager, Santander-Mediter­ranean Railway, Spain; d. Feb. 23, 1955.

Thompson, Merrick Walter, 1921-1988

  • GB-2014-WSA-16804
  • Person
  • 1921-1988

Thompson, Merrick Walter, son of Edwin Walter Thompson, stockbroker, of Blackheath, and Ethel Julia, d. of John Walter Pym Brown; b. 15 Apr. 1921; adm. Jan. 1935 (R); left July 1939; RA 1941-5 (Capt.); a stock jobber's clerk; m. 9 July 1949 Joy Dorothea, d. of Bernard Stanley Farnfield, HM Bickley Hall Sch., Kent; d. May 1988.

Thacker, Derwent Alleyn Braithwaite, 1921-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-16730
  • Person
  • 1921-?

Thacker, Derwent Alleyn Braithwaite, son of Ransley Samuel Thacker, Judge of HM Supreme Court Nairobi, and Olive Frances, d. of Francis Braithwaite, an official of the Royal Mint; b. 22 June 1921; adm. Sept. 1935 (R); left July 1939; Kenya RNVR in WW2; Wadham Coll. Oxf., matric. 1944; E. African Airways Corpn 1952-3; called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) Feb. 1957; prac­tised Cyprus Bar 1960; resident magistrate Nyasaland 1961.

Templer, Henry Lethbridge, 1871-1958

  • GB-2014-WSA-16703
  • Person
  • 1871-1958

Templer, Henry Lethbridge, son of Robert Baron Templer (q.v.); b. March 26, 1871; adm. June 5, 1885 (R); left Dec. 1885; Capt. A.S.C. Sept. 10, 1915; Major Feb. 8, 1916; served in East Africa March 1916 - Aug. 1917, when he was invalided; transferred to R.A.F. and employed on aircraft production; Asst. Controller, National Aircraft Factories, Oct. 8, 1918; Major R.A.F. April 1, 1918; Lieut.-Col.; mentioned in despatches; lived in S. Africa; m.; d. at Exeter Sept. 28, 1958.

Taylor, Ian Birdwood van Someren, 1920-1941

  • GB-2014-WSA-16663
  • Person
  • 1920-1941

Taylor, Ian Birdwood van Someren, son of Richard van Someren Taylor, sales man. Schweppes Ltd, and Olivia Winn Bruce, d. of John Bruce Murray LLD DL, of Glasgow; b. 12 Jan. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); left Apr. 1936; Roy. Tank Regt 1940-1 (Lieut.); killed in action at Sidi Rezegh, Libya, 23 Nov. 1941.

Ian Birdwood van Someren Taylor was born on the 12th of January 1920 the only son of Birdwood van Someren Taylor, a sales manager for Schweppes Ltd, and Olivia Winn Bruce (nee Murray) Taylor of 87, Cromwell Road, South Kensington in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1933 to April 1936.
He enlisted as a Trooper in the Westminster Dragoons, Royal Armoured Corps and attended the 102nd Officer Cadet Training Unit at Sandhurst before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Armoured Corps on the 4th of May 1940. He was posted to the 8th Royal Tank Regiment.
At 8.30pm on the night of the 22nd of November 1941, the 8th Royal Tank Regiment received orders to advance to relieve the 7th Armoured Brigade support group at Sidi Rezegh. They moved off towards the west at 3.30am on the 23rd of November and opened into desert formation at 5.30am. They discovered a short time later that they were advancing in the wrong direction and found themselves in the midst of the Afrika Corps Headquarters where they came under fire from enemy armoured cars and infantry. Two Troops of tanks were ordered forward and after a short engagement they had knocked out one enemy armoured car and eight staff cars as well as capturing several German and Italian prisoners.
The advance continued on the correct line, with C Squadron protecting the left flank. At 11.30am, C Squadron received orders to go to the aid of an infantry Battalion which had been held up by enemy fire and they set off half an hour later. They attacked in two waves and by 12.30pm the infantry had taken their objective. The tanks were due to retire to the rallying point ten minutes later but were still under fire by that time and had difficulty disengaging. By 3.30pm only four of the tanks had reached the rallying point with others returning during the afternoon, some of which were badly damaged and with wounded on board.
During the night, Ian Taylor’s crew walked back into the rallying point to report that their tank had been hit in the right idler wheel during the fighting and had stopped. They continued to fire on the enemy until their guns jammed, by which time they had been hit several more times and Ian Taylor had ordered them to abandon the tank. The crew took cover in a nearby trench for a long period of time before Ian Taylor left to make contact with the infantry and was not seen again.
Casualties suffered by the 8th Royal Tank Regiment during this action were one man killed with five wounded and twenty men missing, of which four were officers.
He is buried at Knightsbridge Cemetery Plot 2, Row H, Grave 18.

Taylor, George Alec, 1878-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-16659
  • Person
  • 1878-?

Taylor, George Alec, son of George Beatson Taylor, of Esher, Surrey; b. Nov. 6, 1878; adm. May 8, 1891 (R); left May 1894.

Tatham, William, 1837-1879

  • GB-2014-WSA-16623
  • Person
  • 1837-1879

TATHAM, WILLIAM, son of William Tatham, Old Broad Street, London, solicitor, and Lucy Ann Vernon; b. 10 Oct 1837; adm. 15 Mar 1850 (Rigaud's); left 1855; adm. solicitor Trinity 1864; of firm Tatham & Sons, Old Broad Street, London; m. 2 Apr 1873 Mary, third dau. of William Vidler, Remenham, Berks., corn dealer and farmer; d. 5 Oct 1879.

Tasker, Theodore Henry Grant, 1920-2013

  • GB-2014-WSA-16610
  • Person
  • 1920-2013

Tasker, Theodore Henry Grant, brother of John Mellis Tasker (qv); b. 27 Apr. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); left Apr. 1938; de Havilland Aeronautical Tech. Sch. 1939-42; RNVR (A) 1942-6 (Sub-Lieut.); an aeronautical engineer, ARAeS 1946; de Havilland Aircraft Co. 1946-58; Avery Hardoll Ltd 1958-62; a civil servant 1962-84, MOD (Navy), retd 1984; m. 7 June 1947 Doreen Ellen, d. of James Frederick Davey of Swanage, Dorset; d. 10 May 2013.

Tasker, John Mellis, 1919-2003

  • GB-2014-WSA-16609
  • Person
  • 1919-2003

Tasker, John Mellis, son of Sir Theodore James Tasker CIE OBE, ICS, of Swanage, Dorset, and Jessie Helen Mellis-Smith, d. of Rev. George Smith, Anglican missionary, of Swatow, China; b. 18 Jan. 19 19; adm. Sept. 1932 (R), non-res. KS Sept. 1933; left July 1937; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1937, 1st class hons Math. Tri Pt 1 1938, BA 1946; RA 1939-46 (Capt.), despatches (NW Europe) Apr. 1946; HM CoIonial Service 1947-69; Asst Sec. Gibraltar 1947-51; Admin. Officer The Gambia 1951-3, Colony Commissioner 1953-6; MBE 1955; Under Sec. Kenya 1956-69; Milton Keynes Devel. Corpn 1969-81, sec. to Board 1971; m. 8 Oct. 1949 Juliet, d. of George Walter Frederick McGwire of Hayes, Swanage; d. 24 July 2003.

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