1890 - 1956 (65 years)
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Name |
Thomas Harrison Wand [1, 2, 3, 4] |
Known as |
"Tommy" |
Birth |
26 Sep 1890 |
Esplanade Hotel, Paignton
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
- Born 26 Feb 1898 per sports history websites
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Thomas Harrison Wand(-Tetley) (1890-1956) Birth register |
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Esplanade Hotel, Paignton In 1894, and in 2012 (then The Inn on the Green) |
Residence |
Apr 1891 |
Esplanade Hotel, Paignton
[3] |
Education |
abt 1900 - 1903 |
Newton Abbot Grammar School
[4] |
Residence |
Mar 1901 |
Newton Abbot Grammar School
[4] |
- with elder brother Clarence Ernest Wand
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Education |
abt 1903 - 1908 |
Eastbourne College
[7] |
Education |
1908 - 1910 |
Sandhurst
; Royal Military College [7] |
Occupation |
1910 - |
Army Officer, Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) [7] |
Name Change |
abt 1911 - 1912 |
Thomas Harrison Wand-Tetley [8, 9, 10] |
- Changed his name from Wand to Wand-Tetley, at some time after census taken on 02 Apr 1911 and before promotion gazetted on 25 Oct 1912, following his mother's divorce from Ernest Wand and remarriage to Joseph Tetley in 1909 .
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Post/Rank/Title |
05 Oct 1912 |
Captain [11] |
- The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains:-- [...] Thomas H. Wand-Tetley. Dated 5th October, 1912. [London Gazette, 25 Oct 1912]
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Military Service |
1914 - 1918 |
Germany
; Prisoner-of-war [9, 12] |
- Wand-Tetley, T H, Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, missing in action. [London Gazette 20 Oct 1914]
- Thomas Harrison Wand Tetley. Capt 1/Wilts Regt. Disembarkation date 14 Aug 1914. Exonerated Officers List. Address after war HQ Gymnasium Aldershot; and The Lodge, Winchester. [WW1 medal index card]
- In Kaserne Holzminden, Lower Saxony, from 1917. Took part in the great escape of Jul 1918.
- Currently in development, Faces of Holzminden is a collection of short biographies of the real-life POWs of Holzminden. The book is a companion piece to a feature film, The Enemy Within, dramatising the Holzminden tunnel escape, also in development. [website accessed 29 Sep 2012]
- The names of the undermentioned [...] have been brought to the attention of the Secretary of State for War [...] for gallant conduct and determination displayed in escaping or attempting to escape from captivity. Dated 5th May, 1919:-- [...], T. H. Wand-Tetley, 1st Bn., Wilts R., [...] [112 names]. [London Gazette, 27 Jan 1920, Issue no 31759. p 1234]
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Thomas Harrison Wand (later Wand-Tetley) (1890-1956) In Holzminden PoW camp, Jan 1918 |
Marriage |
26 Aug 1918 |
St John & St Philip, The Hague, Netherlands
[8, 13] |
Cécile Florence Tatham, b. 20 Sep 1894, Pietermaritzburg, Natal , d. 09 Jan 1980, Jersey |
Occupation |
04 May 1920 |
Superintendent of Physical Training & Chief Instructor, Physical Training School [14] |
Residence |
1926 |
62 Warwick Square, Pimlico
[15] |
Residence |
1928 |
63 Belsize Park Gardens, Hampstead
[15] |
Post/Rank/Title |
bef Jan 1928 |
Major [16] |
Decoration |
Jun 1929 |
OBE [17, 18] |
- King's Birthday Awards: OBE (Military Division): Wand Tetley, Major Thomas Harrison, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's), Superintendent, Physical Training, Eastern Command
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Occupation |
Mar 1935 |
Devizes
; O/C Depot, Wiltshire Regt [18] |
Occupation |
bef Apr 1936 |
Aldershot
; Lieut-Col; Commandant, Army School of Physical Training [19] |
Residence |
abt 1937 - |
61 St Mary's Mansions, St Mary's Terrace, Paddington
[15] |
Occupation |
01 Aug 1939 - 1944 |
Colonel; Inspector of Physical Training [7, 20] |
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Thomas Harrison Wand (later Wand-Tetley) (1890-1956) In Second World War |
Post/Rank/Title |
1944 |
Brigadier [21] |
- rank granted on retirement
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Occupation |
aft 1944 |
Adviser, Ministry of Health [7] |
Residence |
Nov 1946 |
155 Ebury St, Westminster
[22] |
Decoration |
bef 1955 |
CBE [7, 23] |
Residence |
- 1956 |
Les Hougues, Le Mourier Valley, St Mary, Jersey
[7, 24] |
Death |
04 Feb 1956 |
Jersey
[7, 10] |
Probate |
14 Feb 1956 |
Jersey
[24] |
- Will and Testament of Thomas Harrison Wand-Tetley, of Les Hougues, Le Mourier Valley, St Mary; dated 09/08/1955.
- Tetley Wand- Thomas Harrison of Les Hougues le Mourier Valley St. Mary Jersey died 4 February 1956 Administration (with Will) (limited) London 14 June to National Provincial Bank Limited attorney of National Provincial Channel Islands Executor and Trustee Company Limited. Effects £12258 3s. 6d. in England [NPC]
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Notes |
- Captain Thomas Harrison Wand-Tetley, Wilts. Regt., son of Mrs. J. Tetley of the Lodge, Winchester. Wounded dangerously in the neck, he had been a prisoner of war since 1914, and at the time of his marriage in Aug 1918 was interned in Holland.
Capt. Wand-Tetley, on his return to England, was appointed Chief Instructor at the Army School of the Physical Training, at Aldershot. During his internment in Germany he greatly helped to maintain the morale of his fellow prisoners by organising Physical Culture and Boxing Classes, etc.
Capt. Thomas H. Wand-Tetley was thrice mentioned in despatches:
1. In Sir John French's despatch, dated 8 Oct., 1914, for gallant and distinguished services in the field.
2. In the War Office List of Mentions, Times, Sep., 9, 1919, for valuable services rendered whilst prisoner of war.
3. In the London Gazette, Times, Jan., 27, 1920, for gallant conduct displayed in escaping, or attempting to escape, from captivity.
He represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, at Antwerp, 1920, in two events:
1. The Modern Pentathlon; and
2. Fencing.
In 1921, he formed one of the nine members of the British Fencing Team, the first on record, which sent to the United States to meet an American Team at Foil, Sabre, and Épée. He sailed for New York on Nov. 5, 1921. The British Team won two out of the three matches fought against the Americans, namely, with the Épée and the Sabre; but lost the Foil; so missing the Trophy by 21 bouts to 25. Capt. Wand-Tetley participated in all three matches, the only one in the Team who did so, and he won 5 out of 7 bouts - a brilliant achievement!
At The Hague, 19-23 May, 1922, he fenced on the British Services side, in the European Military Team and Individual Championships, when the following countries were represented: Britain, France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, and Czecho-Slovakia.
Capt. Wand-Tetley gained 8th place in the European Individual Championships out of 70 competitors.
In Paris, 1 and 2 June, 1922, he fenced, in the British Services Team, against France, Belgium, and Holland.
At Olympia, London, 1922, he won the Officers' Services Foil Championship.
Having completed his special work at Aldershot, he rejoined his Regiment, stationed at Tidworth.
He left Southampton, 14 Sept., 1923, for a six months' Tour of duty in South Africa, to organise the Physical Training of the Defence Forces in the Union, and to train the personnel, being granted the Temporary rank of Major during the Tour. The first two months were occupied touring the country, giving lectures at Training Camps, Universities, and Schools. The next three months were spent at Roberts Heights, Pretoria, training a class of 35 Officers and N.C.O's, as Physical Training Instructors. The six months' Tour was then extended to nine months, and a second class, which also included 2 N.C.O's from the South African Police, was trained. A Report, with Suggestions for the future organisation of Physical Training in the Union Defence Forces, was submitted at the conclusion of the Tour.
He returned to England, July, 1924; and was posted to the 1st Bn. The Wiltshire Regt., Tidworth, August, 1924.
On 5th June, 1925, Capt. Wand-Tetley won the Army Foil Championship at the Royal Tournament, Olympia. On 1st November, 1925, he was appointed Superintendent, Physical Training, Eastern Command.
Permanent address, c/o Mrs. J. Tetley, The Lodge, Winchester. [Curtis]
- Brigadier T. H. Wand-Tetley, C.B.E., Inspector of Physical Training at the War Office from 1939 to 1944. died recently at his home in Jersey.
Educated at Eastbourne College and Sandhurst he was gazetted to The Wiltshire Regiment in 1910 and served continuously until his retirement in 1944. It was while he was a prisoner of war between 1914 and 1918 that he studied closely every known system of physical education and formulated ideas which later were to benefit physical training in the Army. His service was almost wholly spent with the Army Physical Training Corps culminating with his appointment as Inspector of Physical Training during the critical war years. In 1923 he was sent to South Africa, where he laid the foundations of a sound basis of physical training in that country, which testified to the high opinion everyone had of his technical ability,
In 1927 he introduced into physical training in the Army the best of the Danish system, which with few modifications remains unchanged to-day. During the war he saw the necessity of training soldiers physically for the particular arm of the service, and basic and battle physical training was introduced. His greatest contribution to the Army and to the country was his work with sub-standard recruits which he started at his own depôt in 1933 with a squad of recruits who had been rejected for Army service on account of their being below the required physical standards.
So successful was his course of remedial physical training that two physical development depôts were opened before the war and three Army physical development centres during the war. This work, which was carried out in close cooperation with Army doctors qualified in physical medicine, resulted in many thousands of young substandard soldiers being upgraded to higher medical categories. This experiment also forged the link between the physical training experts and the medical profession which he had been fostering for many years.
Brigadier Ward-Tetley was himself an outstanding athlete, representing Great Britain at fencing and also in the "modern" pentathlon at the 1920 Olympic Games. He also played hockey for the Army and for his country, and his association with Army boxing, and amateur boxing generally, continued throughout his career. His wide technical knowledge of all physical and recreational training matters resulted in his advice being sought by people from all over the world and much of his leisure time was given to serving on committees and voluntary organizations such as the Central Council of Physical Recreation, National Association of Boys Clubs, &c,
On his retirement in 1944 he was appointed to the Ministry of Health, where his services were used in connexion with the remedial side of hospitals and convalescent homes. Truly he can be said to have devoted his whole life to the cause of physical fitness and be will long be remembered for his charm and modesty in passing to others the credit for so much of his own personal achievements in the world of physical education. [The Times, 14 Feb 1956]
- Christies: Sale: Thurday October 6, 1955: English and Continental Furniture, Porcelain, Clocks, Objects of Art, and Eastern Rugs and Carpets, the property of Brigadier T. H. Wand-Tetley, C.B.E., including a pair of giltwood mirrors, in the style of Thomas Johnson, and Adam mahogany sideboard and a pair of urns on pedestals and an 18th century English mahogany commode. [The Times, 27 Sep 1955] [NB previous sale of effects at Sothebys, Jan 1946]
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Person ID |
I1403 |
Tatham | Heathcote branch | Spouse |
Last Modified |
05 Sep 2014 |
Father |
Ernest Wand, b. abt Sep 1865, Grantham , d. 01 Oct 1938, Oxhey Golf Course, Oxhey (Age ~ 73 years) |
Mother |
Emily Jane Lawes Harrison, b. abt Aug 1864, Marlborough , d. 22 Jun 1948, 8 Freeland Rd, Ealing (Age ~ 83 years) |
Marriage |
abt Nov 1888 |
Totnes
[25] |
Divorced |
1903 |
[26] |
- Case 3736 (1903): Wand (Emily Jane Lawes) v. Wand (Ernest). [i.e. her petition] [TNA: divorces & matrimonial causes 1858-1903]
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Notes |
- Other children:
- Clarence Ernest Wand(-Tetley): b. Paignton 1889; birth reg Totnes 3Q1889; resid Esplanade Hotel, Paignton Apr 1891; resid Newton Abbott Grammar School Mar 1901; resid Wildwood, Flask Rd, Enfield, Undergraduate, Oxford Univ, Apr 1911; educated Eastbourne College and Oriel College, Oxford University. Gained his Hockey Half Blue. Played for Harlequins Rugby 1st XV., 1909-1912. Lieut, Lancashire Fusiliers in WW1; killed in action in Turkey 22 Aug 1915;
- Winifred Emily Wand(-Tetley): b. Paignton 02 Apr 1894; birth reg Totnes 2Q1894; resid Esplanade Hotel, Paignton, Mar 1901; resid Wildwood, Flask Rd, Enfield, Apr 1911; marr reg Winchester 2Q1919 to John D Davidson; death reg South Glamorgan 1Q1983;
- Joseph Tetley Wand(-Tetley): b. Paignton 19 Sep 1898; birth reg Totnes 4Q1898; resid Esplanade Hotel, Paignton, Mar 1901; resid Wildwood, Flask Rd, Enfield, Apr 1911; 1914-1918 Lieut Northants Regt; address Sep 1921 Park Farm, Lurgashall, Petworth; marr reg East Ashford 2Q1923 to Mabel Joan Miles (d 1972); farmer in Jun 1948, co-executor of his mother's will; died 25 Sep 1988.
- All 4 children changed name from Wand to Wand-Tetley abt 1911-1912, following their mother's marriage to Joseph Tetley 1Q1909.
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Family ID |
F0884 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Cécile Florence Tatham, b. 20 Sep 1894, Pietermaritzburg, Natal , d. 09 Jan 1980, Jersey (Age 85 years) |
Marriage |
26 Aug 1918 |
St John & St Philip, The Hague, Netherlands
[8, 13] |
- The wedding took place at the English Church, The Hague, Holland, preceded by the Civil Ceremony at the Town Hall, at 11 a.m. the same day. The reception following the wedding was held at the British Legation, at the invitation of Sir Walter and Lady Susan Townley. [Curtis]
- married 29 Aug per Curtis & TFSA; 26 Aug per The Times.
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Children |
+ | 1. Peter Michael Wand-Tetley, b. 02 Feb 1920, Red House, Heath End, Farnham, Surrey , d. 16 Mar 2003, Wiltshire (Age 83 years) |
+ | 2. John Inglis Wand-Tetley, b. 04 May 1922, Cottesmore, Fleet , d. 28 Dec 1974, Bowers Farm, Coleshill, Amersham (Age 52 years) |
+ | 3. Nigel Clarence Wand-Tetley, b. 08 Feb 1924, Roberts Heights, Pretoria, South Africa , d. 05 Feb 1972, Dover (Age 47 years) |
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Last Modified |
01 Apr 2013 |
Family ID |
F0098 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S32] Birth Certificate.
- [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Totnes, 4Q1890.
- [S01] Census, UK, 1891.
age 6m b Paignton
- [S01] Census, UK, 1901.
age 10 b Paignton
- [S07] Other Sources, British Olympic Association.
b 26 Feb 1898
website accessed 22 Jan 2009, no longer accessible 29 Sep 2012
- [S07] Other Sources, Michael Scott.
'Special Forces Commander', Pen & Sword, 2011
- [S05] The Times, obituary, 14 Feb 1956.
died recently at his home in Jersey
- [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham.
- [S29] Medal Index Cards WW1.
- [S07] Other Sources, British Olympic Association.
b 26 Feb 1890
website accessed 22 Jan 2009
- [S35] London Gazette, 29 Oct 1912.
- [S35] London Gazette, p. 8388, 20 Oct 1914.
- [S05] The Times, marriage notice, 09 Sep 1918.
- [S35] London Gazette, 11 Jun 1920.
- [S25] Electoral Registers.
- [S05] The Times, 23 Jan 1928.
- [S05] The Times, 03 Jun 1929.
- [S37] Army Lists & Records, Army List, 1935.
- [S05] The Times, 24 Apr 1936.
- [S05] The Times, 04 Apr 1939.
- [S05] The Times, 22 Jan 1946.
sale of some effects at Sothebys
- [S05] The Times, 02 Nov 1946.
forthcoming marriage son Peter
- [S05] The Times, 27 Feb 1955.
sale of effects
- [S48] Will, 09 Aug 1955.
Judicial Greffe, Probate Division.
ref D/Y/B1/34/24
Jersey Heritage Trust website accessed 01 Dec 2009
- [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Totnes, 4Q1888.
- [S08] Family Trees & Websites, Jane's Genealogy Pages.
rootsweb posting [page not available 20 Jun 2014]
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