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Fitzjohn, Tudor, 1875-1962
GB-2014-WSA-07181 · Person · 1875-1962

Fitzjohn, Tudor, son of the Rev. Thomas Lechmere Tudor Fitzjohn, Vicar of Cardington, Salop, by Emily Mercy, second daughter of William Patchett, of Shrewsbury; b. July 9, 1875; adm. Jan. 16, 1890 (G); left July 1891; Non-Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1896, migrated to Caius Coll., where he was adm. pensr. Jan. 14, 1898, and kept four terms; 2nd Lieut. Wares Regt. (from the Militia) April 21, 1900; Lieut. Dec. 8, 1900; Capt. Aug. 25, 1906; Major Oct. 26, 1915; temp. Lieut.-Col. 7th Batt. Lancs Regt. Dec. 20, 1915 - April 23, 1918, acting Lieut.-Col. 8th Batt. Lancs Fusiliers April 24 -July 30, 1918, and acting Lieut.­Col. Worcs Rcgt. Sept. 9, 1918 - Feb. 22, 1919; Lieut.-Col. in the army May 31, 1922; retired. June 25, 1922; served in the South African War with the Mounted Infantry 1901-2, and in Great War I 1914-21; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, Jan. 4, 1917, and July 9, 1919; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917, Bar July 30, 1919; French War Cross; m. May 17, 1916, Jessie Louisa, widow of Lieut.-Col. Victor G. Rickards, of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and daughter of the Rev. Canon Courtenay Moore, Rector of Mitchelstown, Co. Cork; d. 1962.

GB-2014-WSA-07508 · Person · 1899-?

Friedberger, John Canteron, son of Capt. William Sigismund Friedberger, Royal Fusiliers, by Ethel May, daughter of Henry Stevens, of Finchley, solicitor; b. June 10, 1899; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 25, 1913 (H); non-resident K.S. 1914; left Dec. 1916; 2nd Lieut. R.A. Jan. 25, 1918; Lieut. July 25, 1919, acting Capt. Jan. 16 - Oct. 8, 1919; served in France and Belgium Aug. 30 - Nov. 11, 1918; was wounded; Capt. R.H.A. Jan. 25, 1931; Brevet Major Jan. 1, 1936; Major Aug. 1, 1938; Lieut.-Col. Aug. 1, 1945; Brigadier 1942; Commander R. A. 53rd (Welsh) Div. 1942-5, 76th A. A. Bde. 1945-6, 98th AGRA (AA) (T. A. J 1947-8; Solent Garrison 1949; retired May 14, 1951; D.S.O. (N. W. Europe) Feb. 1, 1945; Bursar of Portsmouth Grammar School 1951-61; member of British Show Jumping Teams at Dublin 1937 and 1938, London 1938 and Nice and Rome 1939; m. Oct. 19, 1932, Phyllis Grace, daughter of Sir Percy Daniels, K.B.E., of Mayfair.

GB-2014-WSA-08218 · Person · 1876-1956

Greenway, Thomas Cattell, son of George Greenway, of Fowey, Cornwall, by Agnes, daughter of John Henry Starkey, of Huddersfield, Yorks; b. Nov. 6, 1876; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (H); left Dec. 1894; 2nd Lieut. S. Wales Borderers (from the militia) Dec. 1, 1897; Lieut. Dec. 20, 1899; Capt. June 19, 1907; Adjt. 3rd Batt. Sept. 26, 1908 - Sept. 25, 1912; Major Sept. 1, 1915; Brigade Major Sept. 29, 1916 - Sept. 1919; Brevet Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1, 1919; Lieut.-Col. Dec. 1925; served in Great War I 1914-9; wounded; mentioned in despatches L. G. Aug. 5, 1915, and May 5, 1916; D.S.O. May 2, 1916; retired July 16, 1930; m. Sept. 30, 1908, Henrietta Eliza, daughter of Edward Jackson, M. lnst. C. E., of Blackheath, Kent; d. Dec. 31, 1956.

GB-2014-WSA-08247 · Person · 1901-?

Greig, Robert Beamish, son of Robert McGregor Turnbull Greig, of Trinidad, British West Indies, by Eileen, daughter of Robert Henry McCarthy, C.M.G., of Lampton, Middlesex; b. April 18, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left Dec. 1917; 2nd Lieut. R.A. July 13, 1921; Lieut. July 13, 1923; Capt. July 12, 1934; Major Aug. 1, 1938; temp. Lieut.-Col. Feb. 24, 1944; D.S.O. (Italy) June 15, 1944; mentioned in despatches (Italy) L.G. Nov. 29, 1945; m. Dec. 19, 1929, Irene Wenban, only daughter of Percy Cragg, of Heston, Middx.

GB-2014-WSA-08649 · Person · 1883-1957

Hardie, Cecil Claud Alexander, son of Alexander Robertson Hardie, of Putney, by Florence, daughter of Roger Bocking Hammerton, of King's Lynn, Norfolk; b. April 28, 1883; adm. April 23, 1896 (A); left Dec. 1900; Univ. Coll. London; a pupil at Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson's 1903-6; engineer, Dick, Kerr and Co., Ltd., 1907-14, English Electric Co., Ltd., 1919; general manager of Messrs. Crompton Parkinson & Co's Chelmsford works; temp. Lieut. R.E. Nov. 3, 1914; Capt. 122nd Field Co., 36th (Ulster) Div.; Major July 14, 1915; acting Lieut.-Col. July 15, 1918; served on the western front Oct. 1915 - Nov. 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4 and Dec. 14, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; m. March 1919 Gladys Mary, daughter of Arthur Renier; d. Feb. 13, 1957.

GB-2014-WSA-09343 · Person · 1891-1961

Hobson, Frederick Greig, elder son of Thomas Frederick Hobson, of Kensington, barrister­-at-law, by Mary Innes, daughter of John Borthwick Greig, of Hampstead, Writer to the Signet; b. Aug. 6, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (G); left (with Triplett) July 1910; New Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1910; B.A. 1914; enlisted as a Motorcyclist Despatch Rider Aug. 6, 1914; Cpl., promoted Sgt. Sept. 18, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorks) Regt. Dec. 3, 1914, and seconded to the Signal Service same day; Lieut. Feb. 25, 1915; Staff-Capt. Dec. 13, 1915; Capt. April 15, 1916; Brigade Major July 14, 1917; went out to the western front in Aug. 1914, and served continuously in France until April 1917, when he was invalided home; mentioned in despatches; D.S.O. Aug. 25, 1916; St. Thomas's Hospital; Theodore Williams Scholar in Pathology 1918; M.A., B. M., M.R.C.P. 1919; M.R.C.S. 1921; D. M., F.R.C.P. 1923; Physician, Radcliffe Infirmary, and Litchfield Lecturer in Medicine, Oxford; m. May 9, 1916, Audrey Brunel Horsley, eldest daughter of Francis Gotch, F.R.S., Waynflete Professor of Physiology, Oxford Univ.; d. June 26, 1961.

GB-2014-WSA-09404 · Person · 1900-?

Holford, Cecil Francis Lovell, son of Herbert Frank Stanley Holford, of Cricklewood, by Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Henry Lovell, K.C.M.G., F.R.C.S.; b. July 8, 1900; adm. April 29, 1915, (A); left Dec. 1917; 2nd Lieut. R. Marine L.I., Jan. 1919; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1922; Capt. Jan. 1, 1930; Major Oct. 2, 1932; acting Lieut.-Col. Aug. q., 1942; D.S.O. (withdrawal from Boulogne and Calais) Sept. 6, 1940; m. March 31, 1930, Adien Margery, daughter of John Llewellyn Rees.

GB-2014-WSA-09422 · Person · 1875-1943

Holland, Henry William, son of Henry Holland, of Broughty Ferry, Forfar, by Wilhelmina Margareta, daughter of the Rev. William Nixon, D.D., of Montrose, Forfarshire; b. Jan. 3, 1875; adm. Sept. 22, 1887 (R); left Sept. 1891; a chartered accountant; A. C. A. 1897; F. C. A. 1921; practised in the City of London; a member of the Inns of Court V. R. C. and O. T. C. 1898-1921; Lieut.-Col. May 9, 1917; Deputy Chief Field Censor 1917-9; attached Gen. Staff at War Office 1919-20; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 22, 1915, June 15, 1916, May 20 and Dec. 20, 1918; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; T. D. 1919; Chev. Legion of Honour, 5th class, 1919; American D.S.M. 1919; Commr. Order of Aviz 1919; d. June 22, 1943

GB-2014-WSA-09582 · Person · 1871-1942

Hoskins, Sir Arthur Reginald, brother of Thomas Hoskins (adm. 1875, q. v.); b. May 30, 1871; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (A); left April 1889; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. North Staffs Regt. May 23, 1891; Lieut. Jan. 9, 1895; Capt. March 20, 1900; Major April 7, 1910; Inspector-Gen. of the King's African Rifles Aug. 15, 1913 - Sept. 18, 1914; Lieut.-Col. N. Staffs Regt. April 10, 1916; Major-Gen. Jan. 1, 1917; temp. Lieut.-Gen.; served in the expedition to Dongola 1896, in the Nile expeditions of 1897, 1898, and 1899, in the S. African War 1899-1902, in the operations in Somaliland 1902-3, in France Sept. 1914-8, in East Africa; mentioned in despatches thirteen times; D.S.O. Aug. 22, 1902; C.M.G. June 3, 1916; K.C. B. June 3, 1919; Principal of the Bonar Law College, Ashridge, Herts, 1929-37; President of the Elizabethan Club 1937-40; d. Feb. 7, 1942.

GB-2014-WSA-10482 · Person · 1882-1940

King, Gerald Hartley, third son of William Hartley King, of Wollescote Hall, Wares, by Louisa, daughter of Benjamin Harding, of Wadhurst Castle, Sussex; b. March 28, 1882; adm. Jan. 16, 1896 (G); left Dec. 1898; R.M.A. Woolwich; Tombs Memorial Scholar; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. July 23, 1901; Lieut. July 23, 1904; Capt. April 18, 1914; Major Oct. 15, 1915; on staff as Brig. Major R. A. 17th Div. April 24, 1916 - April 11, 1917, and 75th Div. from Feb. 19, 1918; retired July 7, 1922; served in France and Belgium Sept. 1914 - March 1917, and with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force Jan.- Oct. 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4, 1917, and Jan. 12, 1920; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; d. 1940.