Allison Digby Tatham-Warter

1917 - 1993  (75 years)

• Name	Allison Digby Tatham-Warter  [1, 2, 3]
  Known as	"Digby"
  Birth	26 May 1917	Atcham   [1, 3]
  Education	abt 1930 - 1935	Wellington College, Crowthorne   [4]
  	- possibly = Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire. - possibly = Wrekin College, Wellington, Shropshire; named Wellington College until 1920, and only 19 miles from his home.
  Education	abt 1935 - 1937	Sandhurst ; Royal Military College  [4]
  Occupation	abt 1937 - 1945	Officer, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; later Parachute Regt  [3, 5]
  	Appointed 2nd Lieut 27 Apr 1938 with 2nd Battn, then in India at Bareilly. [5]
  Decoration	1944	DSO  [2, 3]
  Post/Rank/Title	bef 1945	Major  [3]
  Occupation	aft 1955	Game Hunter & Safari Operator, Kenya  [3, 6]
  Residence	1962	Eburru, Kenya   [7]
  Residence	1978	Nanyuki, Kenya   [8]
  Death	21 Mar 1993	Nanyuki, Kenya   [3]
  Burial		Lewa Downs, Kenya   [6]
  Notes	After the War, Digby Tatham-Warter, on the strength of the recommendation of his aunt and uncle [his mother's brother, Philip Nicholson Dearlove?], took up an appointment with the 5th King's African Rifles in Kenya. He bought a farm at Eburru in the Rift Valley. During the Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950's, he commanded a mounted section. The family later moved to another farm at Laikipia, and Digby began to organise safaris, accommodating photography, bird shooting and small game. He died in Nanyuki in 1993. [pegasus website accessed 19 May 2010] Digby Tatham-Warter led a bayonet charge during the Battle of Arnhem sporting a bowler hat [??] and an umbrella. [The Daily Telegraph Second Book of Obituaries: Heroes and Adventures (Macmillan, 1993), edited by Hugh Massingberd]
  Person ID	I0973	Tatham | Meaburn branch | Descendant - male line
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	Henry de Grey Warter Tatham,   b. 22 Feb 1862, Sussex Gardens, Paddington ,   d. 02 Jul 1927, Buckland St Mary  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Kathleen Maude Dearlove,   b. 05 May 1882, Elm, Cambs ,   d. 22 May 1978, Cheltenham  (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	02 Aug 1900	Wisbech   [9, 10, 11]
  Notes	Hinton Hall in Apr 1911: 16 rooms, 5 servants On Saturday the Tatham-Warters arrived. Cousin Harry had not been here since his wedding, about 8 years ago, and we had never seen Kathleen. She is pretty, & smart, good natured, rather childish & spoilt, but quite unaffected. He is delightful, and very amusing. [Silvia Tatham, diary Fri 29 May 1908]
  Photos » Slide Show		Hinton Hall, Pontesbury Home of the Vaughan family and later of the Tatham-Warter family
  		Buckland House, Buckland St Mary Home of the Tatham-Warter family in the 1920s
  		Tatham Crest on Mustard Spoon Silver mustard spoon from Tatham-Warter family. Assayed in Dublin in 1821. Note the single arrow.
  Family ID	F0305	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2014
  Family ID	F0308	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Digby Tatham-Warter (1917-1993) Army photo 1944
  		Digby Tatham-Warter (1917-1993) about 1945
  		Digby Tatham-Warter (1917-1993) Pioneer of camera-shoots: Digby Tatham-Warter on safari in Kenya's Aberdare Mountains in 1980

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Digby Tatham-Warter (1917-1993) Biography, Pegasus Archive
  		Digby Tatham-Warter (1917-1993) Obituary, The Times
  		Digby Tatham-Warter (1917-1993) Obituary, The Daily Telegraph

  
  

• Sources

  [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Atcham, 3Q1917. [S05] The Times, forthcoming marriages, 21 Mar 1947. [S07] Other Sources, Pegasus Archive. website accessed 26 May 2010 [S05] The Times, obituary, 13 Apr 1993. [S37] Army Lists & Records, Indian Army List, 1939. [S03] Family Members, RCC. [S17] Telephone Directories. [S03] Family Members, JH. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Wisbech, 3Q1900. [S01] Census, UK, 1911. marr 10 yrs [S15] Cambridge University Alumni, sv Tatham, Henry de Grey Warter.