Claude Frank Lethbridge Templer

Captain CLAUDE FRANK LETHBRIDGE TEMPLER - Killed in action 4th June 1918 - 1st Battalion Gloucester Regiment

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.

Mrs James Lethbridge Brooke Templer
John Francis Harvey Templer
Otto Montgomery Peiniger
Henry Lethbridge Templer
Laureus Christopher Sargent
Mrs Sargent (Ethel Murial)
Mrs Jessie Sophia & Miss Jessie Jane Templer
Henry Templer
Charles Bertram Templer
Mrs Constance Horsfall, nee Templer
Mary & Constance Horsfall
Mrs Kathleen Anne Templer
Mrs Hebe Julia Dammers (nee Templer)?
Mrs Emily Flora Harington-Clarke (nee Dammers)
Mrs Beatrice Margarethe Howard (nee Dammers)
Rev Henry Edwin Savage
Robert Shawe Templer
Cecil Robert Templer
Mrs Gertrude Geraldine Johnston (nee Templer)
Mrs Norah Medley (nee Templer)
Walter Francis Templer
Gerald Walter Templer
Henry Lethbridge Templer
Richard Cope Templer
Miss Margaret Templer Prior
Mrs Frances Hannah Prior
Mrs Margaret Prior (Charles Herman)
Arthur Venn Prior
Mrs Hebe Constance Copner (nee Down)

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Leslie Montagu Buller Arthur Francis Henderson Philip Templer Furneaux John Stanley Richardson Arthur Douglas Richardson Templer Henry Scott Henry Bertram Brittan Edward Guise Brittan Francis Darvall Templer Earnest Benbow Richardson Herbert Cecil Buller Alan Melville Edward Foss Prior Merson Templer Gore-Brett William Thomas Templer Eva Graham Prior Harold Rolleston Brittan Claude Frank Lethbridge Templer James Hamilton Spence Richard Francis Montague Buller Arthur Edward Adderley Buller* Walter Evelyn Cramer-Roberts Raymond De Dibon Richardson

Miles Christian Templer Sargent Anthony Gordon Peiniger Graham Templer Swann John Michael Hewlett Sargent Denis Henry Dammers John Edward Templer Hugh Ranulph Vincent George Deveraux Templer Leonard Hugh Acland Harper Philip Walter Templer Denzil Templer Branch Guy Merson Templer Neville Glyn Williams Eric William Harington Clarke

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