Udny-Hamilton, Robert Edward Archibald, 11th Baron Belhaven and Stenton, only son of Lieut. Archibald William Hamilton, R.N., by Elizabeth Anne, daughter of William Whalley Billyard, of Bath, Somerset; b. April 8, 1871; adm. as Q.S. June 5, 1885; left July 1888; R.M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Royal Scots Fusiliers Nov. 8, 1890; Probationer I.S.C. Feb. 24, 1893, Lieut. 4th Ghurkas Nov. 24, 1893; Capt. July 10, 1901; transferred to the Supernumerary List June 28, 1908; Major Nov. 8, 1908; Lieut.-Col. Nov. 8, 1916; retired in 1923; served with the Chitral Relief Force 1895, in the operations against the Mazra Rebels in East Africa 1895-6, in the Tirah Campaign 1897-8, and with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force 1915-8; was employed by the Govt. oflndia in several civil posts 1898-1923; Kaisar-i-Hind Medal Jan. 2, 1905; C.l.E. Aug. 26, 1918; succeeded his uncle as 11th Baron Oct. 31, 1920; Scottish Representative Peer 1922; assumed the additional surname of Udny on succeeding to the Udny estates, Aberdeenshire, 1934; m. 1st Nov. 15, 1898, Kathleen Gonville, daughter of Col. Sir Benjamin Parnell Bromhead, Bart., C.B.; 2nd March 25, 1938, Sheila de Hauteville, daughter of Capt. Algernon George Pearson, D.S.O., Royal Berkshire Regt.; d. Oct. 26, 1950.
TYSSEN, WILLIAM HOUGHAM, brother of Charles Tyssen (qv); b. 3 Jan 1817; adm. 19 Jan 1827 (G); Ensign, 80th Foot 30 Jan 1835; Lieut., 23 Jun 1838; Capt., 86th Foot 27 Mar 1840; retd. 28 Jul 1843; d. unm. at St. Francis Bay, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa 28 Sep 1847.
TYSSEN, HENRY, brother of Charles Tyssen (qv); bapt. 13 Dec 1814; adm. 26 Jan 1826 (G); emigrated to Australia; practised as solicitor at Geelong, Victoria, from Nov 1840; d. unm. at Geelong 6 Mar 1842.
TYSSEN, CHARLES, eldest son of Samuel Tyssen, Narborough Hall, Norfolk, and Sophia, youngest dau. of John Baker, Deal, Kent; b. 5 Mar 1810; adm. 31 Jan 1823 (G); Ensign, 49th Foot 8 Apr 1826; Lieut., 75th Foot 17 Jan 1828; Capt., 15 Jun 1832; ret. 17 Feb 1837; of Weyhill, Hampshire; d. unm. 1 Dec 1863.
Tyson, Hampson John Philip, son of Eric James Tyson (qv); b. 23 Sept. 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (A); left July 1934; RAFVR 1942 (FO); killed in action 19 Dec. 1942.
Hampson John Phillip Tyson was born at Balham, South London on the 23rd of September 1916 the son of Major Eric James Tyson DSO MC OW, Royal Flying Corps, and Cora Florence Gladys (nee Davies) Tyson of 4, Balham Park Road, Balham, later of “Rosemary”, Ashford Avenue, Worthing in Sussex. He was christened at St Mary’s Church, Balham on the 10th of December 1916. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from September 1929 to July 1931. He joined the Metropolitan Police as Police Constable 125385 on the 30th of March 1937 where he served in B Division (Westminster) and later left the police service to join the armed forces. He was married in Dorset in 1942 to Desiree Yvonne (nee Zunino) and they lived at “Stillwaters”, Chaddesley Green, Canford Cliffs, Bournemouth in Hampshire. They had a child.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a pilot and rose to the rank of temporary Flight Sergeant before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 4th of January 1942. He was promoted to Flying Officer on the 1st of October 1942.
At 7.39am on the 19th of December 1942, Hampson Tyson and Pilot Officer O’Neill were briefed for a flight to the satellite airfield at Souk-el-Arba. They took off at 8.20am. At 4.45pm Pilot Officer O’Neill arrived back at Bone by road and reported that after landing at Souk-el-Arba that morning he was taxiing his aircraft when the oleo of his undercarriage had buckled due to the soft ground and both the propeller and the mainplane of his aircraft had been damaged.
Hampson Tyson had taken off from Souk-el-Arba at 12.30pm in Hurricane Mk IIC HV697 for the return flight to Bone in poor weather conditions. By 5.30pm that afternoon he had still not arrived and it was decided that in view of the weather and of the gathering darkness that a search and rescue flight would not be undertaken that night. The wreckage of his aircraft and his body was found the next day near Morriss. The cause of the crash is not known.
His father, Major Eric James Tyson DSO MC OW, 5 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, died of wounds on the 12th of March 1918.
He is buried at Bone War Cemetery Collective Grave VIII G 1-13.
Tyson, Eric James, only son of Joseph Tyson, of Balham, bursar at the school, by Annie, daughter of John Branson, of Rockingham, Northants; b. March 17, 1892; adm. May 4, 1905 (A); left July 1910; a motor engineer; enlisted in A.S.C. (M.T.) Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. R.F.C. Aug. 5, 1915; Flight Commander and Capt. June 23, 1916; Major Nov. 21, 1916; in command of No. 5 Squadron in France; mentioned in despatches; M.C. Oct. 20, 1916; D.S.O. Sept. 26, 1917; m. Cora Florence Gladys, daughter of Philip C. Davies, of Trinity Road, Ealham; d. March 11, 1918, of wounds received in action near Arras, France.
Tyser, Peter Anthony, son of Grafton Leslie Tyser FSI (formerly Nash), Valuation Dept Board of Inland Revenue, and Mary, d. of Sam Wood of Wakefield, Yorks; b. 13 July 1916; adm. May 1930 (H); left July 1935; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1939; RAFVR (Med.) 1940-5 (Sqdn Ldr); DPH 1946, MB 1947, MD 1948; MRCGP 1956, FFCM 1974; County MO and principal School MO Cambs & Ely CC; later hon. consultant in Social and Preventative Medicine Fulbourn and Ida Darwin Hosps Camb., and United Camb. Hosps; m. 20 Nov. 1948 Christine Mary, d. of John M. Wallace CBE, of Haslemere, Surrey; d. 1 Oct. 2001.
TYRWHITT-DRAKE, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake (at school under Vincent, qv); b. 14 Jul 1817; adm. 13 Jul 1831 (Stelfox's); at Harrow Sch. 1833-6; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 May 1836; of Shardeloes, Amersham, Bucks.; Master, Bicester Foxhounds 1851-5, 1857-62, 1863-6; DL Buckinghamshire, High Sheriff 1859; JP Buckinghamshire 1839; m. 1st, 8 Aug 1843 Elizabeth Julia, widow of Col. Alexander Wedderburn, Inveresk, 2nd Foot Guards, and dau. of John Stratton, Farthinghoe, Northants; m. 2nd, 11 Aug 1887 Dorothy Emma, dau. of Rev. John Leyborne-Popham, Rector of Chilton Foliat, Wilts.; d. 24 Jul 1888.
TYRWHITT-DRAKE, EDWARD, third son of Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake (at school under Vincent, qv); b. 16 May 1832; adm. 1 Jul 1846 (G); left Whitsun 1849; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Oct 1849, matr. Mich. 1850; migrated to Magdalene Coll. 15 Oct 1851; BA 1854; MA 1857; played cricket for Cambridge Univ. 1852-4, Gentlemen v. Players 1854-9, 1864; the best amateur lob bowler of his day, and a slashing hitter; ordained deacon 1860, priest 1861 (both Oxford); Curate, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks., 1860-3; Rector of Amersham with Coleshill, Bucks., from 1863; JP Buckinghamshire 1865; a very successful steeplechase rider, under the name of “Mr. Ekard”, and a keen follower of the Old Berkeley Hunt; d. 20 Jun 1904.
Tyrwhitt, Cuthbert, son of Thomas Tyrwhitt ARIBA, of Fulham, and Dorothy Nina, d. of Reginald Godfrey Marsden, barrister-at-law; b. 11 Apr. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (H); left July 1930; 2nd Lieut. Worcs. Regt Jan. 1932, Lieut. Jan. 1935, retd Mar. 1936; regazetted Sept. 1939 (Capt.); m. 23 Mar. 1936 Delia Gurnee, d. of Edward Norman Scott of New York; killed in action (Singapore) 15 Feb. 1942.
Cuthbert Tyrwhitt was born at Hampstead, London on the 11th of April 1912 the younger son of Thomas Tyrwhitt ARIBA, an architect, and Dorothy Nina (nee Marsden) Tyrwhitt of 4, North Court, Great Peter Street in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1925 to July 1930. He was a member of the Officer Training Corps and was promoted to Corporal in September 1929. He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from where he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Worcestershire Regiment on the 28th of January 1932. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 28th of January 1935 and he resigned his commission on the 21st of March 1936.
He was married at the British Consulate at 10, Ma Ta Jen Hutung, Peiping in China on the 23rd of March 1936 to Delia Gurnee (nee Scott later Lane), an author, of Greenwich, Connecticut.
On leaving the army he returned to London where he joined the Diplomatic Service and lived at 4, North Court, Great Peter Street, London SW1.
Following the outbreak of war he was recalled to his Regiment on the 9th of September 1939 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. In December 1939 he was posted to Singapore where he was attached to the Far East Combined Intelligence Bureau as an Intelligence Officer. He was tasked with creating a card index of security information which was being gathered from intercepted communications between Japanese consular officials and their attachés in Singapore, Hong Kong and their bases in Japan.
Following the Japanese invasion of Malaya in December 1941 and subsequent assault on the island of Singapore in February 1942 Cuthbert Tyrwhitt was reported to have been killed in action and buried at the British Headquarters at Fort Canning on the day that Singapore surrendered.
In October 1947, his wife donated the sum of £150 towards the Westminster School War Memorial Fund in his memory.
He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial Column 67.