Cautley Tatham

1886 - 1915  (29 years)

• Name	Cautley Tatham  [1, 2, 3]
  	named after his grand-uncle, Major-Gen. Cautley [Curtis] [George Cautley, 1809-1881]
  Birth	01 Jun 1886	10 Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	On the 1st inst., at 10, Vanbrugh-park, Blackheath, the wife of Percy C. F. Tatham, of a son. [Morning Post]
  Residence	Apr 1891	Thorncroft, Oaklands Rd, Bromley, Kent   [2]
  Education	abt 1900 - 1904	Rugby School   [1]
  	Entrances in September 1900. Tatham, Cautley, elder son of Percy Charles French Tatham, Esq., Thorncroft, Bromley, Kent; aged 14, June 1. School house. [Rugby School Register]
  Residence	Mar 1901	Rugby ; School Sanatorium  [5]
  Education	1905 - 1908	New College, Oxford   [1, 6]
  	Came 3rd in Flat Race, One Mile Handicap, New College Sports, Fri 07 Dec 1907 [OU Almanack & Register 1908]
  Degree/Qualif.	abt 1908	Oxford University ; BA  [7]
  Occupation	Apr 1911	Solicitors articled clerk  [8]
  Residence	Apr 1911	Thorncroft, Oaklands Rd, Bromley, Kent   [8]
  Occupation	- Aug 1914	Solicitor  [9]
  Military Service	Sep 1914 - Jun 1915	France ; Captain, HAC Infantry (D Coy, 1st Bn)  [1, 10, 11]
  		Cautley Tatham (1886-1915) WW1 Medal Roll Index Card
  		Cautley Tatham (1886-1915) Military Service Record Card
  Death	18 Jun 1915	Clearing Hospital, Bailleul, France ; Cause: Died of wounds sustained in action  [1, 10]
  	Died of wounds: Tatham - On the 18th inst., of wounds received in Flanders, Lieut. Cautley Tatham, H.A.C. Infantry, eldest son of Percy C F and Ethel Tatham, of Thorncroft, Bromley Park, Kent. [10] Died 18 June, 1915, in the Clearing Hospital at Bailleul, of wounds received 16 June, 1915, at the Battle of Hooge. [1]
  Burial	aft 18 Jun 1915	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), France   [7]
  	Memorial at Stockton Church. [1] Plaque in his honour placed at Bisley by his father Percy Charles French Tatham. [12]
  Probate	30 Nov 1915	London ; £2,468 8s. 3d.  [13]
  	Tatham Cautley of Thorncroft Bromley Park Bromley Kent and 11 Queen Victoria-street London lieutenant HM Army died 18 June 1915 at Bailleul Flanders Administration London 30 November to Percy Charles French Tatham solicitor. Effects £2468 8s. 3d. [NPC]
  Notes	They Died Gloriously. Lieut. Cautley Tatham. The talk of the brave is further added to this week by the death of a very gallant young officer, Lieutenant Cautley Tatham, of the Hon. Artillery Company, the son of well-known Bromley residents, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Tatham, of Thorncroft, Oaklands-road. Lieutenant Tatham died from wounds received while leading his men into action - a soldier's death, and one in which his bereaved parents may take pride and consolation. Lieutenant Cautley Tatham was educated first at Rugby, where he was well known for his athletic powers, and finally at New College, Oxford, where he was one of the Oxford Running XI, and a member of the New College XV, and there took his degree with honours. He was a born soldier, and his greatest wish was to be in the Army, but he set aside his own wishes and became a solicitor, and had commenced a very successful practice. Whilst at Rugby he was a Lieutenant in the School Cadet Corps, and on the outbreak of war he joined the Hon. Artillery Company and has been in the trenches since November. He was a member of the Thames Hare and Hounds, and in 1914 won the "Telegraph" Cup for the Hon. Artillery Company. Locally he was well known and liked by all for many sterling qualities of character and disposition. He took a keen interest in all sport, and was also successful in getting up a boys' band in Bromley. Whilst at the Front he had been acting as Captain for some time, and the week before his death he had been nominated by his Colonel for a temporary Captaincy, but was not gazetted before his death. [...] [District Times, Bromley, Fri 25 Jun 1915]
  Person ID	I0913	Tatham | Bloxham branch, Christopher branch | Descendant - male line
  Last Modified	14 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, 14]
  Documents		Percy C F Tatham & family 1911 census return
  Family ID	F0283	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Cautley Tatham (1886-1915)
  		Cautley Tatham (1886-1915) Commemorative Portrait

  
  

• Sources

  [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S01] Census, UK, 1891. age 4 b Blackheath [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Greenwich, 3Q1886. [S11] Newspaper, Morning Post, 09 Jun 1886. birth notice [S01] Census, UK, 1901. age 14 b Blackheath [S07] Other Sources, Oxford University Almanack & Register, 1908. matric 1905 [S34] Commonwealth War Graves Commission. [S01] Census, UK, 1911. [S11] Newspaper, Bromley District Times, 25 Jun 1915. obituary [S05] The Times, death notice, 22 Jun 1915. [S29] Medal Index Cards WW1. [S03] Family Members, JT. [S14] National Probate Calendar. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Guildford, 3Q1885.