Oswald Cuthbert Borrett

1878 - 1950  (72 years)

• Name	Oswald Cuthbert Borrett  [1, 2]
  Birth	04 Mar 1878	Gibraltar   [2, 3]
  	5th son of Major-General Herbert Charles Borrett (~1841-1919), CB, and Charlotte Anne Bennett (~1849-1931); marr St Mary, Poona, 23 Sep 1867.
  Residence	Apr 1881	12 Church St, Lancaster   [3]
  	with mother Charlotte A[nnie] Borrett [née Bennett], 31 b Bombay, Major's wife; + siblings Ann Laura, 12 b Wimbledon; Herbert Percy, 11 b Dover; Charles Tuthill, 10 b Aldershot; Cecil Arthur, 8 b Purbrook Forts; Thomas L, 7 b Portsmouth; Gertrude H, 4 b Gibraltar; infant son [Harold Giles], <1m b Lancaster.
  Education	abt 1891 - 1896	Wellington College, Crowthorne   [2]
  Occupation	1898 -	Army Officer, King's Own Royal Regt  [2]
  Marriage	26 Dec 1903	St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore   [1, 4]
  	Blanche Mary Murray,   b. 13 Jan 1882, Ceylon ,   d. aft 1956, Southern Rhodesia?
  Occupation	1932 - 1935	China ; GOC British Troops in China  [2]
  Post/Rank/Title	Jun 1935	Lieutenant-General  [2, 5]
  Occupation	1936 - 1939	Lieutenant, Tower of London  [2]
  Decoration	1937	KCB  [2]
  Residence	1939	Lowood, Rockshaw Rd, Reigate   [6]
  Residence	1950	Dukes Cottage, Rudgwick   [7]
  Death	28 Jul 1950	Mount Alvernia Hospital, Harvey Rd, Guildford   [2, 7, 8]
  Probate	08 Feb 1951	London ; £4,971 17s. 8d.  [7]
  	Borrett sir Oswald Cuthbert K.C.B. C.M.G. C.B.E. D.S.O. of The Dukes Cottage Rudwick Sussex died 28 July 1950 at Mount Alvernia Harvey-road Guildford Probate London 8 February [1951] to Robert Percy Frith retired lieutenant-colonel H.M. army. Effects £4971 17s. 8d. [NPC]
  Notes	Borrett, Lieutenant-General Sir Oswald Cuthbert. KCB, 1937 (CB 1923); CMG 1918; CBE 1922; DSO 1915. Born 4 March 1878; 5th s of late Major-General H. C. Borrett, CB; m Blanche, d of Col A. Murray; died 28 July 1950. Education: Wellington College. Career: Entered Army, King's Own Royal Regt, 1898; Capt. 1902; Adj. 1905-08; Maj. 1914; Col 1923; Maj.-Gen. 1930; Adj. Indian Volunteers, 1911-14; served S. Africa, 1899-1902 (Queen's medal 3 clasps, King's medal 2 clasps); European War, 1914-19 (DSO and bar, Bt Lt-Col, Bt Col, ADC to the King, 1915 Star, CMG, Chevalier Légion d'Honneur); N. W. Frontier, India, 1920-21 (medal and bar, Waziristan, CBE, CB); Col Comdt 7th Indian Infantry Bde, 1923-27; ADC to the King, 1919-30; commanded British Troops, Shanghai Area, 1927-31; Commander 46th (North Midland) Division TA, 1931-32; GOC British Troops in China, 1932-35; Lieutenant Tower of London, 1936-39; retired pay, 1938; Colonel the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), 1926-45 [Who Was Who] wounded & gassed in WW1; awarded DSO & bar Inspector of Directorate of Prisoners of War in WW2. Criticized by War Office Court of Enquiry in Aug 1941 into fraudulent conversion of prisoners' property. Resigned in Sep 1941.
  Person ID	I1515	Tatham | Bloxham branch | Spouse
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2015

  
  

  Family	Blanche Mary Murray,   b. 13 Jan 1882, Ceylon ,   d. aft 1956, Southern Rhodesia?  (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	26 Dec 1903	St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore   [1, 4]
  	On the 26th Dec., 1903, at the Cathedral, Singapore, Captain Oswald C. Borrett, the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, son of Major-General Herbert Borrett, C.B., to Blanche May, second daughter of the Hon. Alex Murray, C.E., Surveyor-General, Singapore. [The Times]
  Notes	no known children
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F0065	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S18] Who's Who / Who was Who. [S01] Census, UK, 1881. age 3 b Gibraltar [S05] The Times, marriage notice, 09 Jan 1904. [S05] The Times, obituary, 29 Jul 1950. [S07] Other Sources, Rockshaw Road website. website accessed 31 Aug 2010 [S14] National Probate Calendar. [S02] BMD Index, death reg Surrey S W, 3Q1950. age 72