In Memory Of

TAMPLIN, GERALD HORNBY

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 1888-04-30
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 Hood Bn. R.N. Div.
Regiment:
 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1917-04-23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Second Battle of the Scarpe
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 III. G. 14.
Cemetery:
 POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Ernest Hornby Tamplin and Kate Woolfield Tamplin, of 35, West Hill, Wandsworth, London; husband of Doris Margueritte Smeeton (formerly Tamplin, nee Lawford. Native of London. Commissioned Temporary Sub Lieutenant RNVR 15/5/15, Temporary Lieutenant 30/5/16 ; Draft for MEF 5/10/15, joined Hood Bn. 26/10/15-11/10/16 attached 190th Brigade HQ for Gas duties, rejoined Hood Bn. 4/11/16-8/11/16 to UK Leave, joined Divisional HQ from UK Leave 26/11/16-11/12/16 Tonsillitis, rejoined Hood Bn. 19/12/16-26/12/16 detached to Divisional HQ, rejoined Hood Bn. 6/3/17-23/4/17 DD (24/2/17 RO1672 Is now performing the duties of Camp Commandant, 63rd (RN) Div. vice Lieutenant B.H. Nicholson RNVR). ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918