Norman Leuchars Tatham

1892 - 1953  (~ 60 years)

• Name	Norman Leuchars Tatham  [1, 2, 3]
  Known as	"Steve"
  Birth	Aug 1892	Greytown, Natal   [1, 2, 3]
  Military Service	abt 1914 - 1916	South West Africa   [4]
  	His letters home to his parents back home in Greytown, during the period 1914 until 1919, firstly during the German South West African campaign, and later from the trenches of Flanders, have been posted online by his granddaughter at Letters From The Great War.
  Military Service	abt 1917 - 1919	France ; 93rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery  [2]
  Decoration	01 Jan 1918	MC  [3, 5]
  Post/Rank/Title	bef Oct 1918	Captain  [6]
  Occupation	aft 1919	Donnet Hill, Greytown, Natal ; Farmer  [1, 2]
  Marriage	15 Feb 1921	St James, Greytown, Natal   [1, 7]
  	Jean Murray Angus,   b. 11 Nov 1898, Chile ,   d. 1977, South Africa?
  Occupation	bef 1939	Surveyor, Irrigation Dept & National Roads Dept  [2]
  Military Service	abt 1939 - 1945	Kenya   [2]
  	and in North Africa
  Death	1953	South Africa?   [2]
  Notes	Norman Leuchars Tatham (Steve). Born 1892. He served in 1st World War in 93rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Awarded the Military Cross. Wounded in France (gassed) and met his wife Jean Murray Angus who nursed him in hospital in Trouville, France. They married in 1921. He farmed at Donnet Hill near Greytown. He was surveyor for Irrigation Dept. and National Roads Dept. Surveyed J.G.Strydom Tunnel, Abel Erasmus Pass, Long Tom Pass, amongst others. In 2nd World War served in Kenya and North Africa. He died in 1953. [TFSA]
  Person ID	I1389	Tatham | Heathcote branch | Descendant - male line
  Last Modified	05 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Charles William Adolphus Tatham,   b. Mar 1862, Greytown, Natal ,   d. Mar 1948, Greytown, Natal  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Mother	Lilian Elizabeth Leuchars,   b. 15 Sep 1864, Greytown, Natal ,   d. Jul 1960, Greytown, Natal  (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	05 Sep 1891	Greytown, Natal   [3, 8]
  	Married in the Church Service Room, Greytown, 05 Sep 1891. Witnesses: George Leuchars; M Leuchars. [Marriage register] Tatham-Leuchars, 02 Sep 1891 [sic], at Greytown, by the Rev R Taylor, Charles eldest son of the late RB Tatham to Lillian, youngest daughter of HJ Leuchars, Purbrook. [Natal Witness, 08 Sep 1891]
  		Charles William Adolphus Tatham (1862-1948) & Lilian Elizabeth Leuchars (1864-1960) Marriage register
  Family ID	F0103	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jean Murray Angus,   b. 11 Nov 1898, Chile ,   d. 1977, South Africa?  (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1921	St James, Greytown, Natal   [1, 7]
  	Met in France during WW1, where she nursed him after a gas attack in the trenches. [9] Witnesses: G Leuchars; Chas J Stein; M Layman.
  		Norman Leuchars Tatham (1892-1953) & Jean Murray Angus (1898-1977) Marriage certificate
  Children	1. Archibald Angus Leuchars Tatham,   b. 22 Dec 1921, Greytown, Natal ,   d. 02 Aug 1941, Tobruk, Libya  (Age 19 years) + 2. Ione Mary Tatham,   b. 23 Jun 1923, South Africa? ,   d. 2004, South Africa?  (Age 80 years) + 3. Helen Lilian Tatham,   b. 02 Mar 1927, South Africa? ,   d. 26 Feb 1986, South Africa?  (Age 58 years) + 4. George Neish Tatham,   b. 16 Dec 1929, South Africa? ,   d. 1993, South Africa?  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2013
  Family ID	F0451	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Marriage Certificate, 15 Feb 1921. [S10] Tatham Family in South Africa. [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S07] Other Sources. https://lettersfromthegreatwar.wordpress.com/ [S35] London Gazette, Issue 30450 p 47, 28 Dec 1917. Supplement to London Gazette of 01 Jan 1918 [S37] Army Lists & Records, 26 Oct 1918. TNA/MH106. War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen [S63] Gill Tatham. [S11] Newspaper, Natal Witness, 08 Sep 1891. marriage notice [S03] Family Members, HJG.