Tyrrell, Timothy Robert, son of Timothy Martin Tyrrell (qv); b. 23 Sept. 1942; adm. May 1956 (W); left Dec. 1956; d. 1995.
Tyrrell, Timothy Martin, son of Francis Astley Cooper Tyrrell FRCS and Nellie, d. of George Mabett, shipowner, of Cardiff; b. 14 May 1908; adm. Sept. 1921 (H); left July 1926; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1926, BA 1929; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1932, MB BCh 1933; FRCS 1935; an ophthalmic surgeon; Royal Eve Hosp. 1936; Hunterian Prof. RCS 1944; m. 25 Apr. 1936 Beryl Mary Gwendoline, sister of Gerald Arnele Temple Stenning (qv); d. 2 Mar. 1968.
TYRER, RALPH; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1572, adm. scholar 1573, matr. Mich. 1572; BA 1576/7; MA 1580 (incorp. Oxford 12 Jul 1580); BD 1587; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1579- c. 1593, Junior Dean 1589-90, Senior Dean 1590-1, 1592-3; ordained priest (Lincoln) May 1586; Vicar of Exton, Bucks., 1586; Vicar of Eaton Bray, Beds., 1587; Vicar of Chesterton, Cambs., 1590-3; Vicar of Kendal, Westmorland, from 1592; in the event of his only son John dying under age, he provided in his will for the foundation of a scholarship at Trinity Coll. for those educated at St. Paulís or Westminster, but there is no evidence that Trinity Coll. received any money under the terms of this bequest; lic. to m. 28 Oct 1592 Mary, dau. of John Harrison, St. Michael le Querne, London, citizen and stationer; d. 4 Jun 1627.
TYLER-SMITH, GIULIO COWLEY, son of William Tyler-Smith MD, Upper Grosvenor Street, London, and Tryphena, dau. of J. Yearsley, Southwick Place, Tewkesbury, Gloucs.; b. 2 May 1849; adm. 26 Jan 1863 (G); a tea and coffee merchant, firm John Cassell & Co., Fenchurch Street, London; m.; d. 22 Jul 1909.
TYLER, ROPER TREVOR, third son of Adm. Sir Charles Tyler GCB, Royal Navy, and his second wife Margaret, dau. of Alexander Leach, Corston, Pembrokeshire; b. 19 Apr 1801; adm. 19 Jan 1816 (Best's); left 9 Aug 1820; Univerrsity Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jan 1820; BA 1823; MA 1827; ordained deacon (Bristol) 1824, priest (Llandaff) 1825; Domestic Chaplain to William IV when Duke of Clarence; Rector of Merthyr Dovan, Glamorgan 1828; Rector of Wenvoe, Glamorgan 15 Nov 1828; Rector of St. Nicholas, Glamorgan 7 Mar 1833; Vicar of Mynachllogddu, Pembrokeshire, from 1 Nov 1836; Rector of Llantrithyd, Glamorgan, from 14 Jul 1838; JP Glamorgan; m. 9 Aug 1838 Isabel Bruce, dau. of John Bruce Bruce-Pryce, Dyffryn, Glamorgan; d. 19 Feb 1885.
Tyler, Eric Douglas, son of Henry Herbert Tyler, shoe factor, of Leicester, and Agnes Cleopatra, d. of Frederic Sharpe of Sileby, Leics.; b. 30 Mar. 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (B); left Dec. 1934; dyeing industry; Flt Sgt RAF Bomber Command, killed in action over Germany 8 July 1941.
Eric Douglas Tyler was born at Leicester, Leicestershire on the 30th of March 1917 the son of Henry Herbert Tyler, a shoe factory manager and company director, and Agnes Cleopatra (nee Sharpe) Tyler of “High Barn”, The Broadway, Stoughton Drive, South Oadby in Leicestershire. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from January 1931 to December 1934. On leaving school he worked in the dyeing industry. He was serving a Sergeant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on the outbreak of war and was later promoted to Flight Sergeant.
On the night of the 12th/13th of May 1941, Bomber Command dispatched 42 Wellingtons, 41 Hampdens, 17 Whitley and 4 Manchesters for an operation on Mannheim and Ludwigshaven. It is thought that only 10 aircraft from the attacking force had bombed the two targets with damage being light. 5 people were killed on the ground during the raid with a further 3 injured. 26 aircraft reported that they had bombed alternative targets with Cologne reporting industrial buildings and an army barracks being hit with the death of 92 soldiers at the barracks.
Eric Tyler and his crew took off from RAF Waddington at 10pm on the 12th of May 1941 in Hampden Mk I X2982 KM - for the operation. Having completed their mission they were returning to base the aircraft was diverted to another airfield to the north. During this leg of their journey the aircraft ran out of fuel and the crew were forced to bail out. The aircraft crashed at 6.52am close to Catterick Bridge.
The crew was: -
Sergeant Eric Douglas Tyler (Pilot) (Killed in action 8th July 1941)
Sergeant Charles Forrest Greig (2nd Pilot) (Killed on active service 19th June 1941)
Sergeant Kenneth George Betts (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) (Killed in action 8th July 1941)
Sergeant Campbell (Wireless Operator)
On the night of the 8th/9th of July 1941, Bomber Command dispatched 45 Hampdens and 28 Whitleys for an operation on the railway marshalling yards at Hamm. In the event only 31 aircraft reported to have bombed the target.
Eric Tyler and his crew took off from RAF Waddington at 10pm on the 8th of July 1941 in Hampden Mk I AE153 KM- for the operation. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after takeoff and it is thought to have crashed into the sea with the loss of the entire crew.
The crew was: -
Sergeant Foster Wilson Black (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Eric Douglas Tyler (Pilot)
Sergeant Mortimer Livis RCAF (Observer)
Sergeant Kenneth George Betts (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Theirs was one of seven aircraft which were lost during the operation.
Foster Black’s body found in the sea by the German Patrol Boat 1207 on the 18th of August 1941 and was recovered. After identification, it was recommitted to the sea with full military honours.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 37.
TYLDEN, RICHARD, only son of Rev. Richard Osborne Tylden, Vicar of Chilham, Kent, and his second wife Harriot Leonora Frances, dau. of James Stanley Ireland; b. 18 May 1858; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (G); RMA Woolwich; Cadet, Royal Artillery 24 Sep 1875; Lieut., 25 Jun 1877; Capt., 6 May 1885; m. 17 Nov 1882 Margaret Isabel Georgina, dau. of Henry Carter, Wickham, Hampshire; d. 28 Nov 1885, from effects of hunting accident.
TWIST, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1587, adm. scholar 1588, matr. Mich. 1587.
TWIST, ROBERT; b.; adm.; QS ; a set of verses adressed by him in 1597 to Queen Elizabeth I on the anniversary of her accession is preserved in the Royal MSS, British Library; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1599, adm. scholar 1600, but did not matr.
TWISS, QUINTIN WILLIAM FRANCIS, only son of Horace Twiss QC MP, Vice-Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster, and Conservative politician, and his second wife Anne Louisa Andrewenna, widow of Charles Greenwood, and sister of Charles Stephen Francis Sterky (qv); b. 13 Mar 1835; adm. 2 Oct 1843 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1849; Capt. of the School 1852; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1853, matr. 18 May 1853, Westminster Student 1853-61; BA 1857; MA 1860; Third Class Clerk, Treasury Aug 1856 - Jan 1860; Assistant Private Secretary to Parliamentary Secretary to Treasury Jun 1859 - Jan 1860; Assistant Superintendent, County Courts Department Jan 1860 - 91; a well-known amateur actor and famous “Old Stager” in the Canterbury week; his name formerly appeared in nails in the centre of the floor of School, and it was on this spot that boys who misbehaved in form were told to “stand out”; m. 11 Apr 1861 Fanny Shelley, second dau. of William Henry Covey FRCS LSA, Wilton Street, Belgrave Square, London, surgeon; d. 7 Aug 1900.