Lawrence Castell Stanley Tatham

1895 - 1918  (22 years)

• Name	Lawrence Castell Stanley Tatham  [1, 2, 3]
  Known as	"Lawrie"
  Birth	03 Jun 1895	Montrose, London Rd, Bromley, Kent   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	On the 3rd June inst., at Montrose, Bromley-park, Kent, the wife of Stanley Tatham, of a son. [The Times]
  Education	1910 - 1912	Harrow School ; Mr Mayo's (The Knoll)  [3, 5]
  Residence	Apr 1911	Montana, Burton Rd, Branksome Park   [6]
  Education	abt 1912 - 1915	Trinity College, Cambridge   [7]
  Degree/Qualif.	abt 1915	Cambridge University ; BA  [7]
  Decoration	abt 1917	Royal Flying Cross  [7, 8]
  	Note on WW1 medal card: Secry Air Ministry fwds application from [mother] F E C Tatham for deceased sons Medals 14.2.22.
  Military Service	1917 - 1918	2nd Lieut, 5th Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps  [3, 8, 9]
  Residence	- 1918	2 St George's Court, Gloucester Rd, South Kensington   [10]
  Death	10 Jan 1918	Vimy Ridge, France ; Cause: Killed in action  [3, 7, 8, 10]
  	Killed in Action: On the 11th Jan., Sec Lieut Lawrence Castell Stanley Tatham, RFC, BA Trinity College, Cambridge, the dearly loved second surviving son of the late Stanley Tatham, of Branksome Park, Bournemouth, and of Frances Emma Constance Tatham, at 2 St George's Court, Gloucester-road, SW, in his 23rd. year [The Times, 15 Jan 1918] Lawrence Castell Stanley Tatham. The Knoll, 1910-1912. Died aged 22, January l0th, 1918 Second son of the late Stanley Tatham, of Branksome Park, Bournemouth West, and of his wife, Frances Emma Constance Tatham, of 2 St. George's Court, Gloucester Road, S.W. Trinity College, Cambridge. 2nd Lieutenant Tatham, who on account of ill-health had previously only been able to do Red Cross work in England and France, joined the Royal Air Force in June, 1917, getting his 'Wings' in the following December. He went to France in October, 1917. On January 10th, 1918, he had been taking observations over the German lines, when he was hit by a shell and fell on Vimy Ridge. His Major wrote : "He was keen and thoroughly conscientious in all his jobs and was doing very well indeed at Observing. I could trust him always to try his hardest to carry out his work. He is a great loss to our Squadron and our Mess, in which he was universally liked. We are all sorry to lose him, and we now honour his memory and keep him in our thoughts as one of our heroes." His Flight Commander wrote :"I felt his loss keenly, his cheerfulness and example were a lesson to us all." [Harrow Memorials of the Great War, Philip Lee Warner, Medici Society, London, 1920]
  		Lawrence Castell Stanley Tatham (1895-1918) Royal Flying Corps Casualty Report, 10 Jan 1918
  		Lawrence Castell Stanley Tatham (1895-1918) Miniature portrait
  Burial	aft 10 Jan 1918	Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France   [9]
  	Tatham, 2nd Lt. Lawrence Castell Stanley, General List and 5th Royal Flying Corps. Shot whilst flying 10th Jan., 1918. Age 22. Son of Mrs. F. E. C. Tatham and the late Stanley Tatham. Grave V.E.22. "Until the day dawns and the shadows flee away". [CWGC] Commemorated on war memorial on south wall of Trinity College Chapel
  Probate	10 Aug 1918	London ; £7,805 16s. 3d.  [10]
  	Tatham Lawrence Castell Stanley of 2 St. Georges-court Gloucester-road South Kensington Middlesex second-lieutenant R.F.C. died 10 January 1918 in France Administration London 10 August to Frances Emma Constance Tatham [mother] widow. Effects £7805 16s. 3d. [NPC]
  Person ID	I1726	Tatham | Crew branch, Morris branch | Descendant - male line
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Stanley Tatham,   b. 17 Sep 1858, Tufnell Park, Holloway ,   d. 04 Nov 1914, Montana, Burton Rd, Branksome Park  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Frances Emma Constance Tatham,   b. 06 Feb 1863, St John's Wood ,   d. 06 May 1934, 12 St Winifred's Rd, Bournemouth  (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1886	St Marylebone, Marylebone   [3, 11, 12, 13]
  	Married by Ralph Raisbeck Tatham, Rector of Dallington (her uncle; his second cousin once removed). Witnesses: Henry Bull (her brother-in-law), C[?] Tatham (his father), Octavia Saltwell (her aunt).
  		Stanley Tatham & Frances Emma Constance Tatham Marriage register
  Notes	Mar 1901, 4 serv: cook, nurse, housemaid, parlourmaid. Apr 1911, 5 serv: nurse, house parlourmaid, housemaid, cook, kitchen maid, + visitor Mabel Elizabeth Somerville, 46 b Bayswater
  Photos		Stanley Tatham & sons about 1903
  Family ID	F0264	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Lawrence Castell Stanley Tatham (1895-1918)

  
  

• Sources

  [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Bromley, 2Q1895. [S01] Census, UK, 1901. age 5 b Bromley [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S05] The Times, birth notice, 05 Jun 1895. [S20] School and College Registers, Harrow. [S01] Census, UK, 1911. [S05] The Times, death notice, 15 Jan 1918. [S29] Medal Index Cards WW1. [S34] Commonwealth War Graves Commission. [S14] National Probate Calendar. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Marylebone, 4Q1886. [S01] Census, UK, 1911. marr 24 yrs [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, St Marylebone Church, 28 Oct 1886.