Individual Details

Went to South Africa as a mining engineer. Served with the Army Service Corp during WW 1 in East Africa and won renown for his ingenuity in devising improvised forms of mechanical transport.

Educated Westminster school. Trained as an engineer. Went out to Ceylon to stay with his brother Robert. Became top mining engineer in Johannesburg. Served in South African war with Motor Transport i.e. steam engines.
During War I he joined the Royal Army Service Corps
Owned house called Willow Green in Cape Town and went there every winter from Exedene, Topsham

Birth	26 Mar 1871	Loughgall, Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Marriage	17 Nov 1899	Holy Trinity, Penge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - Ethel Jane Sheffield Buchanan
Military	Bet 1914 and 1918	Army Service Corp - Maj (Temp)
Military service	Bet 1914 and 1918	WW1
Military	10 Sep 1915	Capt - Army Service Corp
Military	8 Feb 1916	Major
Military	Bet Mar 1916 and Aug 1917	serving in East Africa when he was invalided, transfered to RAF and employed on aircraft production - East Africa, Africa
Military	1 Apr 1918	Major RAF, Promoted to Lt Col
Military	8 Oct 1918
Death	28 Sep 1958	Topsham, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Educated		Record of Old Westminsters

Spouse	Ethel Jane Sheffield Buchanan (1875 - 1968)
Child	Janetta Geraldine Marion Templer (1904 - 1905)
Child	Richard Cope Templer (1907 - 1987)

Father	Robert Baron Templer (1830 - 1886)
Mother	Geraldine Shawe-Taylor (1834 - 1905)
Sibling	Cecilia Letitia Templer (1861 - 1891)
Sibling	Robert Shawe Templer (1864 - 1930)
Sibling	Lt Col Walter Francis Templer (1865 - 1942)