Individual Details

Col Geoffrey Gordon Templer OBE

(18 Jan 1897 - 7 May 1971)

Was a scholar to Queens College Oxford but elected to go straight to Royal Military Academy Woolwich. Commissioned into Royal Horse Artillery and served throughout the 1914 - 18 war unscathed.
After the war joined Indian Army Ordnance Corp. Served throughout the 1939 - 48 war in India mainly at Jubbulpore. Retired in 1946 with the rank of Colonel - awarded OBE.
Distinguish and active member from the 1920s of the Model Engineering Society and exhibiting regularly at that annual meeting in the Royal Horticultural hall.


Telphone Directory 1929 - Lt G G Templer, Browndown, Montagu Rd, Datchet, Windsor

Events

Birth18 Jan 1897Ealing, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Residence1901Age: 4; RelationToHead: Grandson - Ealing, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Residence2 Apr 1911Age: 14; RelationToHead: Son - Ealing, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
MilitaryBet 1914 and 1918Royal Garrison Artillery - 2nd Lt
Military service1914 - 1945WW1 WW2 Indian Army
Military26 May 19162nd Lt
Military26 Nov 1917Lt - Royal Garrison Artillery
Military11 Sep 1918Capt & Adjutant - Royal Garrison Artillery - British Army
Residence1921Leiutenant - Kilworth Barracks, Royal Garrison Artillary, County Cork, Ireland
Military1 Nov 1922Lt - Royal Garrison Artillery - Woolwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Marriage5 Jun 1926St Mary's, Wargrave, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - Lillian Joyce "Joy" Taplin
Military26 May 1934Major Indian Army - Temp Lt Col
Military1 May 1935Major - Deputy Assistant Director - Indian Army Ordandance Corp
Residence1939Major - Indian Army ordance Corp - Egham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Military26 Apr 1944Lt Col - Indian Army
Death7 May 1971Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom
EducatedRepton (Scholar) - Durston House, Ealing, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Families

SpouseLillian Joyce "Joy" Taplin (1901 - 1977)
ChildAnn Templer (1927 - 2020)
FatherJohn Harvey Templer (1847 - 1922)
MotherAmelia Harriett Fisher (1853 - 1942)
SiblingJohn Francis Harvey "Jack" Templer (1885 - 1978)
SiblingSalvadora Mary Templer (1888 - 1973)