Wulfstan Tatham

1895 - 1961  (66 years)

• Name	Wulfstan Tatham  [1, 2, 3]
  	sometimes spelled Wolfstan; sometimes shortened to Wulstan
  Birth	21 May 1895	Thorncroft, Oaklands Rd, Bromley, Kent   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  	On May 21, 1895, at Thorncroft, Bromley Park, Bromley, Kent, the wife of Percy C F Tatham, of a son. [Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, Dublin, 28 May 1895]
  Residence	Mar 1901	6 Oaklands Rd, Bromley, Kent   [4]
  Education	abt 1908 - 1913	Haileybury College   [1, 7]
  Residence	Apr 1911	Haileybury College   [7]
  Military Service	Aug 1914 - Aug 1915	Flanders, Belgium ; Corporal, Hon Artillery Company  [1]
  	09 Aug 1915: Enlisted as a Private in D Coy, Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry) at Armoury House, Finsbury. 18 Sep 1914: Embarked at Southampton for France with BEF. 01 Jan 1915: Promoted Lance-Corporal. 13 Apr 1915: Promoted Corporal. 20 May 1915: Reported sick with eye trouble at La Clytte (Brigade HQ). 02 Jun 1915: Transferred to base at Rouen. 16 Jul 1915: Transferred to England. 13 Aug 1915: Discharged as no longer fit for War Service. Medical report following examination on 06 Aug 1915 at Military Hospital, Rochester Row: Disability originated in May 1915 at St. Eloi. After serving 7 months in Flanders his eyes began to give him trouble. They ached; he had headaches, and at night, he began to have difficulty in seeing things. He was accordingly sent home as unfit for service. The condition has not been aggravated by service and dates probably from early childhood. It will tend to get worse. He is unfitted for the duties of a soldier. On the outbreak of the Great War, refusing a commission, he enlisted in the Hon. Artillery Company, to serve under his brother, Captain Cautley Tatham; they were together for the first year in the trenches, when Wulfstan was gassed and discharged. [Curtis]
  		Wulfstan Tatham (1895-1961) WW1 Medal Roll Index Card
  Education	abt 1915 - 1918	Exeter College, Oxford   [1]
  	When convalescent, he took up his Open Classical Scholarship - the Carter Scholarship of 80 Guineas, at Exeter Coll., Oxford, in addition to which he took the Leaving Exhibition of 30 Guineas for University Scholarships at Haileybury College. [Curtis]
  Military Service	Mar 1917 - Dec 1917	Oxford ; 2nd Lieut, Oxford University OTC  [1, 8]
  	He obtained a Commission as Lieut. in the Univ. of Oxford O.T.C., and drilled the American Cadets. [Curtis]
  		Wulfstan Tatham (1895-1961) Military Service Record Card
  Post/Rank/Title	14 Nov 1919	Member of Ironmongers Company and Freeman of City of London  [9]
  		Wulfstan Tatham (1895-1961) Freedom of the City of London
  Occupation	1921	Egypt ; Egyptian Frontiers District Administration  [1]
  	In 1921, he was in the Egyptian Frontiers District Administration, holding a Commission as Lieut. in the Camel Corps, so as to acquire a practical acquaintance of the Frontiers and learn Arabic. [Curtis]
  Occupation	1922 -	Solicitor, Tatham, Oblein & Nash  [1, 2]
  	He returned from Egypt, Sept., 1921, to enter the Officers' Convalescent Home at Osborne, Isle of Wight; and subsequently entered his father's firm. [Curtis] firm absorbed in 1940s into Kennedy, Ponsonby & Prideaux, itself no longer in existence in 2010
  Marriage	03 Dec 1925	St Mary, Goudhurst
  	Alice Minnie Kathleen Vousden,   b. abt Feb 1898, Goudhurst ,   d. 04 Mar 1944, 93 Alleyn Park, Dulwich
  Residence	abt 1928 - 1942	93 Alleyn Park, Dulwich   [10, 11, 12]
  Occupation	1939	258-261 Mansion House Chambers, 11 Queen Victoria St, London ; Solicitor  [11]
  	also listed: Thomas Oblein (presumably his partner in Tatham, Oblein & Nash, Solicitors); Alice Minnie Kathleen Tatham (presumably working in the firm).
  Military Service	Dec 1940	Captain, Queen's Royal Regiment (Special List)  [13]
  Military Service	1944	Major, Queen's Royal Regiment  [14]
  Marriage	03 Jun 1944	St Peter, Hambledon, Surrey
  	Ethel Marion Pye,   b. abt May 1903, Steyning ,   d. 17 Dec 1964, Southlands Hospital, Shoreham-by-Sea
  Occupation	- 22 Mar 1946	106 Regents Park Rd, Primrose Hill ; Solicitor, Tatham, Oblein & Nash  [15]
  	Notice is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned Thomas Oblein and Wulfstan Tatham carrying on business as Solicitors at 106 Regent's Park Road Primrose Hill in the County of London under the style or firm of Tatham, Oblein and Nash has been dissolved by mutual consent as from the 22nd day of March 1946. All debts due and owing to or by the said firm will be respectively received and paid by the said Thomas Oblein. The said business will be carried on in future by the said Thomas Oblein -- As witness our hands this 15th day of May 1946. Thomas Oblein. W. Tatham.
  Residence	1956	84 Clapham Common West Side, Clapham, Surrey   [11]
  	Hostel of the Society for the Relief of the Homeless Poor (founded 1915) One of 20 residents, listed in electoral roll in alphabetical order
  Death	18 Nov 1961	Holloway Sanatorium, Virginia Water   [16, 17]
  	mental institution, closed in 1980
  Notes	Suffered a relapse of shell shock when the bombing started in London in WW2 and never fully recovered. Spent some years in a monastery in Dorset. [18]
  Person ID	I0889	Tatham | Bloxham branch, Christopher branch | Descendant - male line
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Percy Charles French Tatham,   b. 17 Jan 1845, Cambridge St, Paddington ,   d. 02 Aug 1925, Thorncroft, Oaklands Rd, Bromley, Kent  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Ethel Agnes Wilson,   b. 20 Feb 1861, Eynsford ,   d. 15 Jan 1929, 12 Queen's Gate Place, Kensington  (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	12 Aug 1885	Guildford   [1, 19]
  Documents		Percy C F Tatham & family 1911 census return
  Family ID	F0283	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alice Minnie Kathleen Vousden,   b. abt Feb 1898, Goudhurst ,   d. 04 Mar 1944, 93 Alleyn Park, Dulwich  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Marriage	03 Dec 1925	St Mary, Goudhurst   [3, 20]
  Children	1. June Tatham,   b. abt Aug 1926, Greenwich ,   d. abt Aug 1936, Camberwell  (Age ~ 10 years)   2. Fleur Tatham,   b. 20 Jul 1934, Dulwich ,   d. 02 Sep 2018, London?  (Age 84 years) + 3. Living + 4. Living + 5. Living
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2011
  Family ID	F0574	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ethel Marion Pye,   b. abt May 1903, Steyning ,   d. 17 Dec 1964, Southlands Hospital, Shoreham-by-Sea  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Marriage	03 Jun 1944	St Peter, Hambledon, Surrey   [21, 22]
  	On June 3, 1944, at Hambledon, Surrey, Parish Church, by the Rev. A. T. A. Naylor, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.A., A.C.G. [Assistant Chaplain-General?], assisted by Canon Seymour, Wulfstan Tatham, Major, Queen's Royal Regt., to Marian, daughter of Mrs. B. E. Pye, Tarring, Worthing, and the late Mr. A. J. Pye [21]
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2011
  Family ID	F0569	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S03] Family Members, WGT. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Cranbrook, 4Q1925. [S01] Census, UK, 1901. age 6 [S05] The Times, birth notice, 25 May 1895. [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Bromley, 3Q1895. [S01] Census, UK, 1911. age 15 b Bromley [S37] Army Lists & Records, Military Service Card. [S07] Other Sources, Freedom of the City of London Admission Papers, 14 Nov 1919. [S17] Telephone Directories. [S25] Electoral Registers. [S38] City & County Directories, Kelly's Post Office Directory, London, 1942. [S05] The Times, birth notice, 04 Dec 1940. son John [S05] The Times, death notice, 06 Mar 1944. wife Alicia [S35] London Gazette, p 2414, 21 May 1946. [S02] BMD Index, death reg Surrey N W, 4Q1961. [S07] Other Sources, Kennedy, Ponsonby & Prideaux, solicitors, 19 Jul 1977. [S03] Family Members, JT. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Guildford, 3Q1885. [S05] The Times, marriage notice, 07 Dec 1925. [S05] The Times, marriage notice, 06 Jun 1944. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Surrey S W, 2Q1944.