Individual Details
Capt Claude Frank Lethbridge Templer
(5 Jul 1895 - 4 Jun 1918)
JCT =Inscription on monument in the churchyard of St Vigor Fulbourne- In memory of his son Captain Claude F L Templer, 1st Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action 4th June 1918
AST =Name to be found on walls of Memorial Chapel, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
CWGC = Son of Col. Henry Templer, O.B.E. (late Indian Cavalry), and Mrs. Henry Templer, of 16, Avenue Charles Floquet, Champ de Mars, Paris. Capt. Templer was taken prisoner on 22nd Dec., 1914, near Givenchy while reconnoitring an enemy position. He subsequently made 13 attempts at escape, being successful in 1917, when he received the honour of a private audience of H.M. The King. He returned to the front in 1918 and was killed on returning from a successful raid on the enemy's trenches. His heroism so impressed the late F. M. Sir Henry Wilson, that he ordered the publication of an official pamphlet entitled "Behind the German Lines".
Lieutenant CLAUDE FRANK LETHBRIDGE TEMPLER - Killed in action 4th June 1918 - 1st Battalion
Born 5th July 1895, in India. Educated Wellington College. Commissioned August 1914. He was captured at La Bassee 22nd December 1914 and sent to Strohen camp in Germany. After 11 unsuccessful attempts he finally escaped to Holland in June 1917. On the evening of 4th June 1918 he led a raid near Auchy-les-Mines, whilst returning back across No-Man's Land he was struck by a shell and killed. He is listed on the Loos Memorial to the Missing. Aged 22 years. He was a war poet.
Memorial in RMC Sandhurst Chapel - "To the glory of God and in proud memory of Claude Templer, Captain, 1st Bn The Gloucestershire Regiment. Wounded and captured 22nd December 1914. Escaped from captivity in Strohen, 29th September 1917, after having made 12 previous attempts from the prison camps at Hanover, Munden, Torgau, Burg (twice), Magdeburg, Augustabad, from the Burg Civil Goal (4 times), the Fortress of Wesel, twice whilst travelling under escort between Wesel and Magdeburg. Rejoined his regiment at his own special request 29th March 1918. Killed by a chance shell whilst returning from a successful raid on the German trenches in the La Bassee Sector, 4th June 1918, in his 23rd year."
http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/1918off.html
On Toos War Memorial and cemetary, named as 'missing'
AST =Name to be found on walls of Memorial Chapel, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
CWGC = Son of Col. Henry Templer, O.B.E. (late Indian Cavalry), and Mrs. Henry Templer, of 16, Avenue Charles Floquet, Champ de Mars, Paris. Capt. Templer was taken prisoner on 22nd Dec., 1914, near Givenchy while reconnoitring an enemy position. He subsequently made 13 attempts at escape, being successful in 1917, when he received the honour of a private audience of H.M. The King. He returned to the front in 1918 and was killed on returning from a successful raid on the enemy's trenches. His heroism so impressed the late F. M. Sir Henry Wilson, that he ordered the publication of an official pamphlet entitled "Behind the German Lines".
Lieutenant CLAUDE FRANK LETHBRIDGE TEMPLER - Killed in action 4th June 1918 - 1st Battalion
Born 5th July 1895, in India. Educated Wellington College. Commissioned August 1914. He was captured at La Bassee 22nd December 1914 and sent to Strohen camp in Germany. After 11 unsuccessful attempts he finally escaped to Holland in June 1917. On the evening of 4th June 1918 he led a raid near Auchy-les-Mines, whilst returning back across No-Man's Land he was struck by a shell and killed. He is listed on the Loos Memorial to the Missing. Aged 22 years. He was a war poet.
Memorial in RMC Sandhurst Chapel - "To the glory of God and in proud memory of Claude Templer, Captain, 1st Bn The Gloucestershire Regiment. Wounded and captured 22nd December 1914. Escaped from captivity in Strohen, 29th September 1917, after having made 12 previous attempts from the prison camps at Hanover, Munden, Torgau, Burg (twice), Magdeburg, Augustabad, from the Burg Civil Goal (4 times), the Fortress of Wesel, twice whilst travelling under escort between Wesel and Magdeburg. Rejoined his regiment at his own special request 29th March 1918. Killed by a chance shell whilst returning from a successful raid on the German trenches in the La Bassee Sector, 4th June 1918, in his 23rd year."
http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/1918off.html
On Toos War Memorial and cemetary, named as 'missing'
Events
| Birth | 5 Jul 1895 | Simla Bengal India | |||
| Christen | 8 Oct 1895 | Christ Church, Simla Bengal India | |||
| Military | Bet 1914 and 1918 | Glocestershire Regiment - 2nd Lt (later Capt) |  | ||
| Military service | Bet 1914 and 1918 | WW2 | |||
| Death | 4 Jun 1918 | WWI CWGC - Festubert, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France | | ||
| Alt name | Capt Claude Francis Lethbridge Templer | ||||
| Burial | Loos-en-Gohelle, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France |
Families
| Father | Col Henry "Laddie" Templer OBE (1858 - 1945) |
| Mother | Caroline Alice Bertha Levien (1871 - 1968) |
| Sibling | Marjorie Bertha Templer (1898 - 1993) |
Notes
Military
London Gazette 14 August 1914 Page 6401The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets, from the Royal Military College, to be Second Lieutenants. Dated 15th August, 1914: —
The Gloucestershire Regiment, Claude Frank Lethbridge Templer.
London Gazette 9 Dec 1914 Page 10557
Second Lieutenants to be Lieutenants: — C. F. L. Templer
London Gazette 1915 Page 5952
The undermentioned Second Lieutenants (temporary Lieutenants) to be Lieutenants: C. F. L. Templer. Dated 10th May, 1915.
Death
Rank: CaptainDate of Death:
04/06/1918Age: 22
Regiment/Service:Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Bn.
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Panel Reference: Panel 60 to 64.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL
Additional Information:Son of Col. Henry Templer, O.B.E. (late Indian Cavalry), and Mrs. Henry Templer, of 16, Avenue Charles Floquet, Champ de Mars, Paris. Capt. Templer was taken prisoner on 22nd Dec., 1914, near Givenchy while reconnoitring an enemy position. He subsequently made 13 attempts at escape, being successful in 1917, when he received the honour of a private audience of H.M. The King. He returned to the front in 1918 and was killed on returning from a successful raid on the enemy's trenches. His heroism so impressed the late F. M. Sir Henry Wilson, that he ordered the publication of an official pamphlet entitled "Behind the German Lines".
JCT =Inscription on monument in the churchyard of St Vigor Fulbourne- In memory of his son Captain Claude F L Templer, 1st Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action 4th June 1918
AST =Name to be found on walls of Memorial Chapel, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Memorial in RMC Sandhurst Chapel - "To the glory of God and in proud memory of Claude Templer, Captain, 1st Bn The Gloucestershire Regiment. Wounded and captured 22nd December 1914. Escaped from captivity in Strohen, 29th September 1917, after having made 12 previous attempts from the prison camps at Hanover, Munden, Torgau, Burg (twice), Magdeburg, Augustabad, from the Burg Civil Goal (4 times), the Fortress of Wesel, twice whilst travelling under escort between Wesel and Magdeburg. Rejoined his regiment at his own special request 29th March 1918. Killed by a chance shell whilst returning from a successful raid on the German trenches in the La Bassee Sector, 4th June 1918, in his 23rd year."
http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/1918off.html
Lieutenant CLAUDE FRANK LETHBRIDGE TEMPLER - Killed in action 4th June 1918 - 1st Battalion
Born 5th July 1895, in India. Educated Wellington College. Commissioned August 1914. He was captured at La Bassee 22nd December 1914 and sent to Strohen camp in Germany. After 11 unsuccessful attempts he finally escaped to Holland in June 1917. On the evening of 4th June 1918 he led a raid near Auchy-les-Mines, whilst returning back across No-Man's Land he was struck by a shell and killed. He is listed on the Loos Memorial to the Missing. Aged 22 years. He was a war poet.
On Loos War Memorial and cemetery, named as 'missing'