Thomas Claude (Gurney) Clitherow DSO (1885 - 1963)

Born 1885 in Elham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 1963 at about age 78 in Howden, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Thomas was born in 1885. He is the son of Charles Gurney and Alice Prinsep.^[1]

He married Muriel Frances Sykes in 1906.^[2]

He was in the 1st Royal Dragoon Guards and 2nd Life Guards and served in the South Africa Campaign, WW1 and WW2. He was awarded the DSO in 1915.

He became Private Secretary to HRH Prince Arthur of Connaught

He passed away in 1963.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth registration for GURNEY, THOMAS CLAUDE Mother’s Maiden Name: PRINSOP GRO Reference: 1885 D Quarter in ELHAM Volume 02A Page 1012
2. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DC2-3CQ : 13 December 2014), Thomas Claud Gurney, 1906; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1906, quarter 1, vol. 9D, p. 203, Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCJ-M49L : 4 September 2014), Thomas C Clitherow, 1963; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Howden, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7RB-LGL : 18 July 2019), Tom Claud Gurney in household of John K Stracey-Clitherow, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• The Clitherow family of Boston House, Brentford by The Brentford High Street Project.