Royal Navy
Titheridge, Albert (1885-1941) Albert was born 1885 in East Meon, Hampshire son of Charles and Ann Titheridge He married Florence Huey Rose Cox. (1885-?) He died in 1946 in New Forest. Some disagreement about date of death!
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Titheridge, Albert J H Service number 122825 Born Devonport, Devon on 12 December 1865. No known family connection.
Titheridge, Arthur Horace John Service number 224993, served in World War 1, rank of Gunner. He was born 24 September 1897, at Alverstoke son of Benjamin and Louisa Titheridge. He married Celia Kate Walker in 1910. He died at Ealing in 1963.
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Titheridge, Benjamin Service number 53111. Born Alverstoke, Hampshire on 26 June 1857 son of William Henry and Elizabeth Titheridge. He died 23 January 1918. In 1882 he married Louisa Pope and later he married Lizzie Phillips.
Records show the following
In 1881 census Benjamin is a leading seaman on royal navy vessel
In 1881 seaman gunner on Wolverene
In 1883 Benjamin is a Petty Officer
In 1885 he is a Warrant Gunner on "St Vincent"
In 1886 Benjamin is described as a Warrant Office living in Stoke Road
In 1887 he is a gunner on Craysfoot
In 1891 census he is described as a gunner in the Royal Navy
In 1895 gunner aboard Orlando
In 1899 Benjamin is a Gunner living at 38 Prince Alfred St
In 1901 he is a gunner on Trafalgar
In 1901 he is gunner on HM yacht Osborne
In 1904 he is chief gunner on HM yacht Osborne
In 1908 he is chief gunner on HM yacht Alexandra
In 1909 promoted to Lieutenant
In 1909 he was made a member of the Royal Victorian Order. The Royal Victorian medal was presented by Edward seventh.
In 1912/13 he moved to Obelisk Road in Woolston
In 1914 he is Lieutenant at Dartmouth Naval College
In 1914 he reached retiring age on 1 August 1914 on with an income or £189 per year
In 1918 he is Lieutenant Commander at Dartmouth Naval College. He was based on HMS Pomone which was used as a training ship at Dartmouth.
From the war Graves Commission we learn Benjamin Titheridge, Lieutenant-Commander HMS Pomone, Royal Navy who died Wednesday 23rd January 1918 husband of Lizzie Rebecca Titheridge of 115 Obelisk Road, Woolston, Southampton Burial at Gosport (Ann's Hill) Cemetery Plot 31a 113. He died aged 60 after developing pneumonia.
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Titheridge, Cecil Baird Navy Commander Service number J43911. Cecil was born 4 February 1900 at Portsmouth son of John and Amelia Maud Titheridge. In 1924 he married Mary Sneddon in Hendon. He died in 1973 in Gosport.
Cecil joined the Nay at 14 and was in both world wars. He is known to have served on the Diana and HMS Hood but not when it went down. In 1941 Cecil was serving on HMS Dunedin. The Dunedin left England on 8 April 1941 and went to the South Atlantic. On 24 November 1941 The Dunedin was in central Atlantic north east of Brazil when it was hit by two torpedoes fired from a German U boat. It sank within 17 minutes. The survivors spent 78 hours on floats during which time many died from their injuries and exhaustion. They were finally rescued on 27 November. Cecil was one of 67 survivors from the 486 men on HMS Dunedin.
According to the Watson Report "he behaved with great coolness, courage and confidence throughout the period on the raft. His steadiness and clear headedness were invaluable and undoubtedly gave confidence to the men".
For details of the Dunedin disaster and a picture of Cecil click here. After the war Cecil was in the Civil Service and he visited Russia and China. His worked was described as "secret".
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Titheridge, Charles Born Swanmore December 1844 Enlisted 11 December 1860. Could find no family connection
Titheridge, Charles Service number 78912 Born West Meon, Hampshire on 12 July 1849. For a slight, possible family connection check here
Teatheredge, Ernest Ernest was born 29 June 1899 in Bermondsey, London son of Alice Maud Tetheridge. He married Hilda Violet Broom in 1924 in Tendring, Essex. Ernest is recorded as being a seaman in the Royal Navy on HMS Dragonin in 1924. He went to HMS Ganges in Suffolk and served in both world wars. He died 27 December 1973. Could find no family connection.
Titheridge (Titheradge), Frederick Service number 51513 Born Bishops Waltham, Hampshire in 1841. Can find no further family connection
Titheridge, George Service number M10745 George was born in East Meon, Hampshire on 25 February 1892 son of William and Sarah Titheridge. He was a Cook's mate on HMS Queen Mary. The Queen Mary was one of the ships involved in the Battle of Jutland. The ship was hit by a German battleship and then exploded and sank. George was one 1266 men aboard Queen Mary who died. He died aged 24 on 31 May 1916. His memorial can be found on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial and also his name appears on the Fernhurst Village War Memorial in Sussex.
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Titheridge, Henry Born Droxford 14 February 1837 Enlisted 6 January 1857. No family connection made.
Titheridge, Henry Service number 68660 Henry was born in Gosport, Hampshire on 3 November 1846. He was the son of William and Jane Ann Titheridge. His wife was Elizabeth. In 1871 he was stoker on HMS Indus, in 1891 leading fireman on "Empress" and 1901 leading stoker on a steamship.
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Titheridge, Henry Henry was born in Wandsworth London in 1860 son of Henry and Lucy Titheridge. He married Eliza Fetcher in 1885. Found no family connection. However, there is a Henry and Lucy Titheridge of London who married in 1859... their first child is shown as being born in 1866, six years after the marriage. This is an usually long period... and even though they don't show any children being born before 1866 ... consider... in Henry's service record his parent are shown as Henry and Lucy of London... and it seemed almost normal to name the first male child after the father... I have included the Henry-Lucy family file for you consideration... here
Titheridge, Henry William Service number 77684 Born West Meon, Hampshire in 1853. Found no family connection.
Titheridge, Henry William Service number 175340 Born Gosport, Hampshire on 10 January 1873. No family connection.
Titheridge, Henry William Service number 234923 Born Rotherhithe, London on 08 February 1889 son of Henry and Eliza Titheridge. He died in 1976 in Portsea. No family connection.
Titheridge, Herbert Hine Service number 88983 Herbert was born in Portsea, Hampshire on 01 December 1859 son of George Robert and Sarah Isabella Titheradge. He is the brother of the George Sutton the famous actor. In 1881 he married Emma Watts in Wangford, Essex. He died in Portsea in 1926. For the family file click here
Titheridge, Jack George Ralph Service number J10158. Rank Lieutenant Jack was born 11 February 1895 at Portsmouth son of John and Amelia Maud Titheridge and brother to Cecil (mentioned above). He married Mabel Steains in Paddington in 1918. We assume he emigrated to Australia as we have found a record of his death in 1958 in Perth Australia. For a look at the family file click here
Titheridge, Jack Ronald Served in World Ward 2, Canteen Assistant Jack was born March 1920 at Alverstoke Hampshire, son of Benjamin James Titheridge and Eva Agnes Titheridge. He was a canteen assistant in NAAFI. He died 24 May 1941 aboard HMS Hood.
In 1941 HMS hood was based in Scapa Flow and was working as a convey escort. She was sent to intercept the German Battleship Bismarck which was on route to the Atlantic to attack British conveys. The Bismarck was spotted in the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland. However the Hood was struck by German shells and she sunk with the loss of 1415 crew and just 3 survivors. Jack is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial panel 61 column 2.
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Titheridge, James Service number 55582 James was born at Alverstoke, Hampshire about 1857 son of William Henry and Elizabeth Titheridge. He married Eliza Innell in 1883 in Greenwich. He died in June 1942 in Chiswick. Served in World War 1 rank gunner, then Lieutenant and then Lieutenant Commander
Records show the following:
1881 census gunners mate on HMS Martin
1884 James and Eliza living at Seafield Terrace Stoke Road Gosport and working as a gunner instructor royal navy
1901 census Warrant Officer Royal Navy (gunner)
worked on HMS Excellent
Gunner 3 June 1874 to 7 April 1904
Chief gunner 8 Apr 1904 to 23 May 1910
Lieutenant 24 May 1910 to 11 May 1919
Reached retiring age on 3 June 1911 on £178 4s 9d per year
Became Lieutenant Commander from 12 Mar 1919
Retired as Lt Com pension rate rising to £230 10s 0d
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Titherage, John Service number 5385 Born Petersfield, Hampshire on 13 April 1829 Volunteered on 07 August 1853. Found no family connections
Titheridge, John Born Petersfield 12 April 1832 Enlisted 21 September 1863. Found no family connections
Titheridge, John (may be one of the John Titheridge's above but dates not an exact match) Described as 5 foot 2 inches with fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, no scars or marks vaccinated against small pox. From the parish of East Meon the son of William Titheridge and Elizabeth Lee, William being an agricultural labourer. William was christened in East Meon on 14 February 1829 and married Eliza Hasting of Surrey Street Portsea at St Mary's Portsea on 19 July 1858.
Naval records show:
He probably joined the navy in 1846
25 May 1849 to 6 Feb 1850 on HMS Raleigh as ordinary seaman
18 March 1850 to 19 June 1852 on Supine as able seaman
Joined HMS Vestal on 14 July 1852
7 June 1853 he became the Captain's man
He received his 10 year medal on 1 June 1856
18 June 1856 he was promoted to Quartermaster
On 11 December 1856 he joined the Victory as quartermaster
8 June 1857 in the Portsmouth Yard as a rigger
22 June 1858 joined The Argus as cargo cox
Served on HMS Argus 1858 to 1861
6 July 1861 on HMS St Vincent
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Titheridge, John Service number 87336 Born Alverstoke, Hampshire on 10 July 1859. Could make no family connections
Titheridge, John [1880-1970] for more info. check here
Titheradge, Joseph Blaik Service number 160385 Joseph was born in Portsmouth on 28 October 1872 son of James Walter and Mary Ann Titheradge. In 1893 he married Ada Caroline. He died in Portsea in 1904. On the 1881 census he is listed as apprentice leading stoker Royal Navy. For the family file click here
Titheridge, Leslie Frank Served in Royal Navy in World War 2. Rank Able seaman number C/JX 144713. He was born 1919 at Hendon son of John and Grace Maud Titheridge.
Leslie was an able seaman aboard HMS Wryneck. In April 1941 the Wryneck was assisting the evacuation of Allied troops from Greece. On 26 April HMS Wryneck and HMS Diamond picked up troops from Nauplia and then sailed to rescue survivors of a Dutch troopship hit by air attacks. Having picked up the survivors both the Diamond and Wryneck were attacked by air and both sunk. Aboard the ships were a total of 983 men only 66 survived. Leslie died in the attack on 27 April 1941 aged 21 and is remembered on Memorial Panel 44, 1 on Chatham Naval Memorial
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Tidridge, Philip Ronald Born 12 March 1908 unknown parents. Married Ethel Caroline Fietz and died June 1989 at Torbay. Children: Philip E, Edward P., Mary E. Patricia E, Phillipa C, Ronald B, Elizabeth M. Unbelievably no family connections
Titheradge, Richard Service number J102090 Richard was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire on 4 January 1906. He was the son of Richard Cobby and Annie Titheradge. He married Alice Kathleen Barr in Portsea in 1926 and died 6 June 1964.
Titheradge, Richard Cobby Service number 289422 Born Portsea, Hampshire on 31 August 1877 son of James Walter and Mary Ann Titheradge. He married Annie Donaldson in 1901 and died in Gosport in 1935. He signed up to HMS Victory on 19 July 1898 and was invaleded out of the Navy on 4 November 1898.
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Titheridge, Robert Service number 51908 Born Portsmouth, Hampshire 13 July 1842. No family connection made.
Titheridge, Robert Arthur Service number 100310 Born Paddington, Middlesex on 08 May 1861 son of James and Emma Titheradge. Died on 19 September 1915. No family connection
Titheradge, Robert Edward Born Morpeth, Northumberland 3 September 1947 son of Eric Norman Titheridge and Beatrice Postle. Bob joined the Navy Fleet Air Arm about 1964 and trained as an aircraft engineer. He left the navy about 1973 and died in 1993. For more information on the family click here
Titheridge, William Service number 47837 Born September 1831. Unable to make connection.
Titheridge, W. Stoker HMS Terrible 1st Class cruiser. Served between October 1899 and March 1900. Commanded by Captain P M Scott CB. Sister ship of HMS Powerful. See HMS Powerful for more information. After the Boer War, she was refitted 1902 to 1904 and went into the reserve fleet. She was used as a troop ship in 1915 and from 1915 as an accommodation ship until the late 1920's. She was renamed TS Fishgard III and scrapped in Jul 1932.
Titheradge, William Charles William was born in Paddington London on 10 July 1888 son of Robert Arthur and Alice Amelia Titheradge. He married Mabel Hicks in 1913 and Lillian Hicks in 1960. He served in World War one in Royal Navy Air Service (RNAS). He was a pilot in RNA in WW1 Serving in Scotland Malther and Italy. In 1938/1939 he was in RAFVR as a wing commander. He is known to have been based at East Linton Aerodrome, near Edinburgh at some point. William's siblings were Arthur R, and Dorothy A. His wife was Lilian Hicks
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Titheridge, William Henry Service number 168871 William was born in Gosport, Hampshire on 14 May 1873 son of William and Elizabeth Titheridge of 28 Park Road Gosport. William served in World War 1 and was a stoker first class on HMS Shark in 1916. HMS Shark was a destroyer and in the Battle of Jutland it led an unsuccessful torpedo attack on German ships. During the engagement it was severely damaged by gunfire and eventually sank. William aged 44 was among those who lost his life on 31 May 1916 aboard HMS Shark. He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial panel 19.
For more on William Henry click here. There is a slight possibility William is the son of William Henry (1849-1905) also of Gosport
Titheridge, William Henry John Service number 1626973. He served in World War 1 with rank chief gunner and later became Lieutenant Commander. William was born 21 August 1876 at Alverstoke son of Benjamin and Eleanor Mary Titheridge. He married Annie Eliza Springate in 1908. He served on HMS Ganges, Excellent, Stage, Albemarle and Princess Margaret up until 1926 when he left the navy. He rejoined the navy at the outbreak of war in 1939 and served on HMS Daedalus. It is excerpt from his diary that can found under the miscellaneous section. To access the diary and for more family information click here
