See also
| Husband: | Stephen LAMPLUGH (1900-1983) | |
| Wife: | Mary Lewis VEYSEY (1911-1984) | |
| Marriage | Q1 1938 | Wincanton, Somerset, England |
| Name: | Stephen LAMPLUGH | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Name Prefix: | Major General | |
| Name Suffix: | CB CBE | |
| Nickname: | Pluggie | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 25 May 1900 | Tonbridge, Kent, England |
| Enlisted (Military) | 18 Dec 1919 (age 19) | |
| Military Regiment | Royal Engineers | |
| Military Rank | 2nd Lieutenant | |
| Promoted (Military) | 18 Nov 1921 (age 21) | |
| Lieutenant | ||
| Promoted (Military) | ||
| to Major-General | ||
| Retirement | 1953 (age 52-53) | |
| 1954 New Year Honours (18523), Corps of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. Major-General Stephen Lamplugh, CBE (6951), late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General (Temporary) |
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| Death | 26 Apr 1983 (age 82) | Amesbury, Wiltshire, England |
| Probate | 15 Aug 1983 | Bristol, Gloucestershire, England |
| Amesbury Abbey, Amesbury, Wiltshire Probate granted. Effects £42452 |
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| Name: | Mary Lewis VEYSEY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Arthur Henry VEYSEY (1868-1945) | |
| Mother: | Anna Blakeman LEWIS (1883-1968) | |
| Birth | 8 Feb 1911 | |
| Enlisted (Military) | ||
| Promoted (Military) | ||
| Death | 6 Aug 1984 (age 73) | Amesbury, Wiltshire, England |
| Amesbury Abbey | ||
| Probate | 11 Jan 1985 | Bristol, Gloucestershire, England |
| Amesbury Abbey, Amesbury, Wiltshire Probate granted. Effects valued £92142 |
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He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath,Military Division, in 1954 [Awarded on his retirement] .
Promotions
1940-11-25 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-02-25 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-03-09 Acting Colonel
1942-03-09 Acting Brigadier
1942-09-09 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-09-09 Temporary Colonel
1942-09-09 Temporary Brigadier
1944-06-19 Acting Major-General
1945-04-17 Colonel
1945-06-19 Temporary Major-General
1945-06-23 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Major-General
1946-03-03 Temporary Major-General
1946-04-22 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Major-General
1947-11-01 Brigadier
1952-03-01 Temporary Major-General
1953-04-27 Major-General
Service
1940-11-25 – 1942-03-08 General Staff Officer 1 ?
1942-03-09 – 1943-06-30 Brigadier General Staff ?
1943-07-01 – 1944-06-18 Commanding Officer ? Brigade
1944-06-19 – 1945-06-23 Major-General General Staff, Anti-Aircraft Command
1945-06-24 – 1946-06-30 Brigadier General Staff, Anti-Aircraft Command
1947-10-XX – 1949-02-XX Deputy Quartermaster-General, Middle East Land Forces
1950-04-XX – 1952-02-28 Deputy Quartermaster-General, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1952-03-01 – 1955-05-05 District Officer Commanding Rhine District [Germany]
1955-07-02 Retired
1955-XX-XX – 1964-XX-XX Director of Civil Defence, Northern Region
Contents
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1 Biography
1.1 Born 1900 Tonbridge Kent
1.2 Four Siblings 1901 Tonbridge Kent
1.3 Schoolboy 1911 St Albans
1.4 Marriage 1938 West Country
1.5 Start of WW2 1939
1.6 Retirement 1953
1.7 Death 1983 Salisbury
2 Sources
Biography
Born 1900 Tonbridge Kent
Stephen Lamplugh was born in Tonbridge, Kent, England early in 1896. [1] He was a son of George William Lamplugh a geologist and his wife Hannah Maria Headley.
Four Siblings 1901 Tonbridge Kent
In 1901 all four surviving children of George and Hannah Lamplugh were with them in Tonbridge Kent. Stephen was the baby, under one year old. [2]
Schoolboy 1911 St Albans
Stephen is only 10 and at school. His father George William Lamplugh has been married to Hannah Maria for 23 years in 1911 and of their 5 children 4 survive. George's grandfather was a gentleman farmer and his father was an ironmonger, but George is well into the modern world as District Geologist for St Albans Hertfordshire. [3]
Marriage 1938 West Country
Stephen seems to have delayed marriage until 1938, when he married Mary Vesey in the Wincanton area on the borders of Devon and Somerset. This location, near Salisbury Plain probably relates to Stephen's employment as officer in the Anti-aircraft Brigade which would practice there. [4] They have one daughter.
Start of WW2 1939
Stephen Lamplugh seems to have spent World War Two rising in rank through the Anti-Aircraft sector of the British Army starting in Whitton Barracks Lichfield where we find his wife in the General Register alongside many others, and ending in 1945 in command of the entire sector as temporary Major General. [5] [6]
Retirement 1953
Stephen Lamplugh is given the CBE (Commander of the British Empire Medal) on his retirement [7]
Death 1983 Salisbury
Stephen dies in Salisbury in 1983 within a few weeks of his 83rd birthday. [8]
Sources
↑ freebmd Births Jun 1900
Lamplugh Stephen @@Tunbridge 2a 775
↑ Census 1901 : 57 Quarry Hill Road, Tonbridge
Geologist, Geological Surveys
Head George W Lamplugh 41 Geologist b Driffield
Wife Hannah M Lamplugh 36 b Bridlington
Son Walter Lamplugh 13 scholar do
Son Eric Lamplugh 9 scholar do
Daughter Joyce Lamplugh 5 b Shepherd's Bush
Son Stephen Lamplugh 10 months b Tonbridge
Servant Lilian Foster 19 Gen. domestic b Tonbridge
↑ Census 1911 : Beaconsfield Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire Geological Surveyor District Geologist
Head George William Lamplugh 52 b Driffield
Wife Hannah Maria Lamplugh 47 b Bridlington
Daughter Joyce Lamplugh 15 school b Shepherd's Bush
Son Stephen Lamplugh 10 school b Tonbridge
Mother Elizabeth Lamplugh 77 b Bridington
Servant Emily Louisa Fearn 22 domestic b St Albans
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freebmd Marriages Mar 1938
Lamplugh Stephen @@Wincanton 5c 681 Vesey Mary L @@Wincanton 5c 681
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1939 Register of England and Wales
Name Mary Lewis Lamplugh
Birth Feb 8 1911
Residence Sep 29 1939
AA Inf Brigade Whitton Barracks, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Age 28 Married
Occupation Unpaid Domestic Duties
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Wartime Command Structure
Anti-Aircraft Command
Major-General Stephen Lamplugh (19 June 1944 – 24 June 1945) Brigadier Stephen Lamplugh (25 June 1945 –
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1954 New Year Honours
(18523), Corps of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers.
Major-General Stephen Lamplugh, CBE (6951),
late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General (Temporary)
↑ freebmd Deaths Jun 1983
LAMPLUGH Stephen b.25MY1900 @@SALISBURY 23 1847
In 1943, in the King's Birthday Honours, Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Stephen Lamplugh (6967), of the Royal Engineers was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Military Division, Army.