Thomas Cyril Dunford (1894 - 1970)

Born 1 Nov 1894 in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Dorothy (Terry) Dunford — married 20 Aug 1921 in Upper Norwood, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Died 13 Nov 1970 at age 76 in Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Thomas Dunford served in the British Army in World War I
Service started: abt 1914
Unit(s): Middlesex Regiment
Service ended: abt 1918

Thomas Cyril Dunford was born at Bournemouth, Hampshire, in 1894. He was the son of Henry James Dunford and Charlotte Wawman.^[1][2]

In his youth, Tom attended Whitehorse Road Infants School (1898–1902), Whitehorse Road Boys School (1903), and Whitehorse Manor Road Boys School (1908-09), all in Thornton Heath.^[3][4][5]

During the Great War, Thomas held the rank of Private with the Middlesex Regiment. He served in France, and was awarded the Victory, British, and 15 Star medals.^[6]

On 20th August 1921, he married Miss Elizabeth Dorothy Terry in Croydon, Surrey. The marriage was solemnized in All Saints Church, Upper Norwood. When they married, Thomas was an engineer by trade, and both Thomas and Dorothy were living at her parents' house in Upper Norwood.^[7][8]

In 1928, Thomas obtained a place of employment as postman with the General Post Office.^[9] By the 1930s, he was a head postman.^[10]

During the 1950s, Tom was a master fruiterer and greengrocer.^[11]

On 13th November 1970, Thomas Cyril Dunford died at Mildenhall in Suffolk, aged seventy-six years.^[2][12][13]

Census enumerations

1901 census (England)

• Henry Dunford, head, married, age 36, occupation: carpenter and joiner; born at Nine Elms, London
• Charlotte, wife, married, age 38; born at Exeter, Devon
• Ethel, daughter, age 14, scholar; born at Bournemouth, Hants
• Albert, son, age 13, scholar; born at Croydon, Surrey
• William, son, age 11, scholar, born at Bournemouth
• Alice, daughter, age 10, scholar, born do. [ditto]
• Daisy, daughter, age 8, scholar, born do.
• Thomas, son, age 6, scholar, born do.
• Arthur, son, age 4, born do.
• Dorothy, daughter, age 2; born at South Norwood, Surrey
• John, son, age 11 months, born do.
• census place: 26 Thirsk Road, South Norwood, Croydon, Surrey^[14]

1911 census (England)

• Henry James Dunford, head, age 46, married, occupation: electrician; born in London, Middlesex
• Charlotte, wife, age 47, married 24 years, 11 children born and 10 living; born at Exeter, Devon
• Albert George, son, age 23, single, occupation: baker’s vanman; born at Croydon, Surrey
• Alice Rosina, daughter, age 20, single, occupation: Domestic [servant], part time; born at Bournemouth, Hants
• Thomas Cyril, age 16, single, occupation: apprentice in clock factory; born do. [ditto]
• Arthur Charles, son, age 14, occupation: house boy; born do.
• Dorothy Nellie, daughter, age 12; born in South Norwood, Surrey
• John Henry James, son, age 10, born do.
• Harold Nelson, son, age 9, born do.
• census place: 11 Buxton Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey^[15]

1939 Register (England)

• Thomas C. Dunford, male, born 1st November 1895, married, occupation: head postman, G.P.O.
• Elizabeth D., female, born 29th October 1898, married, occupation: unpaid domestic duties
• [record officially closed]
• address: 18 Hempshaw Ave., [parish of Woodmansterne], Banstead, Surrey^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Index of civil registrations of births, England. Thomas Cyril Dunford, 4th quarter ending 31st December 1894, Christchurch RD (Hampshire), vol 2b, pg 668. Original record: General Register Office, England and Wales (Southport, Hants). Index and digital image online at FreeBMD, www.freebmd.org.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2006-01-29).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Index of civil registrations of deaths, England. Thomas Cyril Dunford, born 1st November 1894, died 4th quarter ending 31st December 1970, Newmarket RD (Suffolk), vol 4b, pg 2887. Original record: General Register Office, England and Wales (Southport, Hants). Index and digital image online at FreeBMD, www.freebmd.org.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2006-01-29).
3. ↑ England. National School Admission Registers and Log-in Books, 1870–1914. Whitehorse Road Infants School, Thornton Heath, Surrey. Extract: Admission no. 2378; date of admission: 19 April 1898; name: Thomas Dunford; parent: Henry Dunford; residence: 26 Thirsk Road; date of birth: 1-11-[year illegible]; last school attended: none; date of leaving: 28-3-02. Transcripts per DC Thomson Family History, Croydon Archives. Archival ref. SCH146-2-2. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 2020-10-10).
4. ↑ England. National School Admission Registers and Log-in Books, 1870–1914. Whitehorse Road Boys School, Thornton Heath, Surrey. Extract: Admission no. 1628; date of admission: 6 April 1903; name: Thomas Dunford; parent: Henry James Dunford; residence: 26 Thirsk Road; date of birth: 1-11-9[-]; last school attended: Whitehorse Road Junior; date of presentation in successive standards in this school: III (1904), IV (1905), V (1906), VI (1907), VII (1908), Ex-VIII (1909); date of leaving: 29 Jan 1909; remarks: St Saviours. Transcripts per DC Thomson Family History, Croydon Archives. Archival ref. SCH146-2-2. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 2020-10-10).
5. ↑ England. National School Admission Registers and Log-in Books, 1870–1914. Whitehorse Manor Road Boys School, Thornton Heath, Surrey. Extract: Admission no. 674; date of admission: 13 June 1910; name: Thomas Cyril Dunford; residence: 26 Thirsk Road; date of birth: 1-11-94; parent: Harry Dunford; last school attended: Whitehorse Road; last date of attendance: 5 February 1909; remarks: laundry boy. Transcripts per DC Thomson Family History, Croydon Archives. Archival ref. SCH147-1-2-4. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 2020-10-10).
6. ↑ British Army. WWI Medal Rolls. Index Cards, 1914–1920. Extract: Thomas Dunford, Middlesex Regiment, rank: Private, regimental no. PS/2125; theatre of war first served in: (1) France, entered therein 17th November 1915. Medals awarded: Victory (roll no. E/1/102 B4, pg. 584); British (ditto.); and 15 Star (roll no. E/1/3B 3, pg. 209). Original record: Army Medal Office. WWI Medal Index Cards. In the care of The Western Front Association website. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by subscription, 2020-09-05).
7. ↑ Index of civil registrations of marriages, England. Thomas Cyril Dunford and Elizabeth Dorothy Terry, 3rd quarter ending 30th September 1921, Croydon RD (Surrey), vol 2a, pg 700. Original record: General Register Office, England and Wales (Southport, Hants). Index and digital image online transcribed by Keith Wawman (1929–2009) of Horley, Surrey, 2001-03-14; confirmed to FreeBMD, www.freebmd.org.uk, 2013-10-22.
8. ↑ Church of England. Parish of All Saints, Upper Norwood, Surrey. Solemnization of a Marriage. Extract: Thomas Cyril Dunford, age 25, bachelor, occupation: engineer; residence: 2 Dale Park Road, Upper Norwood; father: Henry James Dunford, electrician. Dorothy Elizabeth Terry, age 22, spinster, residence: [same, which was her parents’ address]; father: George Robert Terry, decorator. Marriage solemnized on 20th August 1921 according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, after banns, by the Rev. Walter B. Taylor, Vicar; witnesses: G.R. Terry, H. Ogden. Record held by Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Church of England Parish Registers. Archival ref. 7583/1/19, parish register pg. 93, no. 186. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 2020-10-12).
9. ↑ The London Gazette, 7 September 1928 (pp. 5901-02). “August 8, 1928. Without Competition. … Postmen, Thomas Cyril Dunford (Croydon), …” Digital image online at FindMyPast, findmypast.co.uk (accessed 2022-03-08).
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} England 1939 Register. Household of Thomas C. and Elizabeth D. Dunford, with child, in Banstead,† Surrey. Original record: 1939 Register (Series RG101), The National Archives, Kew, London, England. Archival ref. RG 101/1310G, registration district and sub-district nos. 31/4, enumeration district: CMAX, borough: Banstead, Surrey; schedule no. 116, sub-schedule no. 1. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by subscription, 2020-10-12). — Note: † This address was part of the parish of Woodmansterne, and nearer the village of Chipstead.
11. ↑ England and Wales. National Probate Calendar. Index entry: “Dunford, Henry James, of 65 Grange Park-road, Thornton Heath, Surrey, died 17 January 1951; Probate: London, 24 February [1951] to Thomas Cyril Dunford, master fruiterer and green-grocer. Effects [redacted].” Archival ref. 1951, pg. 952. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by subscription, 2012-09-08).
12. ↑ Deceased Online Ltd. Cremation Register Summary. Dunford, Thomas Cyril, 17 November 1970, Cambridgeshire. Online at deceasedonline.com (accessed 2018-10-31).
13. ↑ National Probate Calendar, England & Wales. Index entry: “Dunford, Thomas Cyril, of 90 Rozel Ct, Beck Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk, died 13 November 1970; Administration (with Will) Winchester, 15 January [1971]. [redacted].” Original record: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England. Digital image online at FindMyPast, findmypast.co.uk (transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2022-03-08).
14. ↑ England 1901 Census. Household of Henry and Charlotte Dunford, with children: Ethel, Albert, William, Alice, Daisy, Thomas, Arthur, Dorothy, and John, in Croydon, Surrey. Original record: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901. Archival ref. PRO RG13, piece 649, folio 70, pg. 19, household no. 118; registration and sub-registration district: Croydon, enumeration district no. 89, civil parish of Croydon, ecclesiastical parish of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood. Online at 1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk (accessed by purchase credits, 2005-07-24).
15. ↑ England 1911 Census. Household of Henry James and Charlotte Dunford, with children: Albert George, Alice Rosina, Thomas Cyril, Arthur Charles, Dorothy Nellie, John Henry James, and Harold Nelson, in Thornton Heath, Surrey. Original record: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA) Series RG14, 1911. Archival ref. piece 3361, G14PN3361 RG78PN126 RD39 SD3 ED39 SN97; registration district: Croydon (no. 39), sub-district: West Croydon, enumeration district no. 39, civil parish of Croydon. Digital image online at findmypast.co.uk (extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 2010-05-27).