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Ustinov, Sir Peter Alexander, son of lona von Ustinov, journalist, and Nadia, d. of Louis Benois of St Petersburg; b. 16 Apr. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (B), (A) Sept. 1935; left July 1937; London The­atre Studio; Roy. Sussex Regt in WW2, seconded RAOC (Army Film Service); a playwright, author, film director, actor and entertainer; Benjamin Franklin Medal RSA 1958; FRSA FRSL; Rector Dundee Univ. 1968-73; Order of Yugoslav Flag (with Golden Laurels) 1974; hon. degrees at many universities; a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF; CBE 197 5; Kt June 1990; Chancellor Durham Univ. J 992; author of plays The Love of Four Colonels, Romanoff and Juliet, Photo Finish, and autobiography Dear Me 1977; m. 1st 8 Aug. 1940 Isolde Denham; 2nd 15 Feb. 1954 Suzanne, d. of Edmond Cloutier, Queen's Printerto the Canadian Govt; 3rd 17 June 1972 Hélène du Lau d' Allemans; d. 28 Mar. 2004.

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.

Tweddle, David Wilson, son of David Tweddle, ship and insurance broker, of Cheam, Surrey, and Margaret, d. of Robert Wilson of Ealing; b. 13 July 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (A); left July 1932; d. 25 Jan. 1933.

Tweddle, Alistair Roland Scott, brother of David Wilson Tweddle (qv); b. 6 Dec. 1918; adm. May 1932 (A); left Dec. 1934; an insurance broker at Lloyd's; 2nd Lieut. Roy. Fusiliers June 1944; chairman Lloyd's insurance brokers 1973; Freeman City of London 1978; m. 23 Oct. 1943 Pamela Charlotte, d. of Baron W. Kent Ward of Edgbaston, Warks; d. 13 Nov. 1988.

Turquet, Nicholas Pierre, son of Pierre Maurice Turquet (qv); b. 1 Aug. 1944; adm. Sept. 1957 (A); left July 1962; KCL, BA 1966; Lond. Coll. of Printing 1967-9, HDipMan; dir. Intercheques Ltd. 1974; man. dir. Nicholas Press 1975-90, Marlborough Press 1990; m. 21 Jan. 1973 Sally, d. of Robert Weston Stephenson MRCS LRCP DOMS, ophthalmologist, of Cheltenham, Gloucs; d. 25 Nov. 2012.

Turner-Samuels, David Jessel, son of Moss Turner-Samuels QC MP, barrister, and Gladys, d. of David Belcher; b. 5 Apr. 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (A); left July 1936; called to the Bar, Middle Temple May 1939; RA 1939-45 (Staff Capt. HQ ALFSEA); QC 1972; adm. Trinidad Bar 1976; Bencher Middle Temple 1980; retd. 1996; m. 1st, 5 Nov. 1939 Norma Verstone, journalist, d. of Philip Eason Verstone of Ealing; 2nd, 1976 Norma Florence Negus, Circuit Judge, d. of George David Shellabear, formerly wife of Richard Negus; d. 19 Nov. 2016.

Tudsbery, Lancelot Tudsbery, brother of Marmaduke Tudsbery Tudsbery (q.v.); b. Feb. 14, 1898; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (A); left July 1916; a student of the Inst.C.E. April 4, 1916; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. (Spec. Res.) Jan. 13, 1917; went out to the western front March 30, 1917; killed in action near Ypres, Flanders, Aug. 22, 1917.

Tudsbery, Marmaduke Tudsbery, third son of John Henry Tudsbery Tudsbery, D.Sc., of Westminster, by Ruberta Emeline, daughter of John McMurdo Cannon, of Rock Ferry, Cheshire; b. Oct. 4, 1892; adm. May 2, 1907 (A); left Easter 1908; Imp. Coll. London Univ. 1911, and at Yarrow's Shipyard studying engineering; A.M.I.C.E. 1917; M.I.C.E. 1932; 2nd Lieut. R.E. (Spec. Res.) April 24, 1915; acting Capt. June 1, 1917; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served in France with 9th Field Co. until disabled in action Oct. 1915, and later with the Rhine Army and in Mesopotammia; R.E. Board War Office, Oct. 1920-5; civil engineer to the B.B.C. 1926-52; member, later chairman, of W.O. committee on Army Building 1940-4; retired from B. B.C. 1960; governor of Imp. Coll. of Science and Technology since 1942, and a member of the Science Museum Advisory Council since 1961; C.B.E. 1941; d. 9 May 1983.

Trotter-Stead, William Robert, son of William Frederick Stead, of Ballindean, Perthshire, by Margaret Charlotte Pitcairn, fifth daughter of Lieut.-Col. Robert Knox Trotter, of Ballin­dean; b. Jan. 4, 1880; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (A); left July 1897; Edinburgh Univ.; drama critic and playwright; inspector to the Eagle Star and British Dominion Insurance Co. at Edinburgh; served with the Highland Light Infantry in France and Belgium 1917-9; author of The Price of Freedom, and other works; m. June 2, 1917, Henrietta Eliza, daughter of William Shaw, of Murrayfield, Edinburgh; d. Nov. 30, 1954·