Blencowe Thomas 1888

Thomas Blencowe  [4266]

1888-1966

Father Nm: Thomas Blencow [1670] born 30.11.1859 Neithrop c 8.12.1860 Banbury died 8.11.1906 Banbury Oldest Known Ancestor: Thomas Blencowe,1803, Bishops Itchington.

Mother Nm: Charlotte Ada Buzzard [3193] born 4.8.1859 Banbury

Marriage Dt:1917 to Edith Buzzard.

Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1917, Registration district: Banbury.

Volume Number: 3a, Page Number: 2018.

K comments One of five brothers that served, brothers Alfred and Ernest KIA with the Oxford and Bucks. Brother Valentine served with King’s Royal Rifle Corps & Army Service Corps but was gassed in the war and died in 1923. Wife Edith served with the WRAF. Daughter Edith Joan served in WW2 with the WAAF (Women’s Auxilary Air Force). Brother Fred served initially with the 109th TR Bn. KRRC.

WW2: Son Thomas Buzzard and daughter Edith Joan served with RAF.

Spouse comments: Edith Buzzard 1891.

Children: Thomas Buzzard 1920, Edith Joan 1922, Derrick R 1928, Evan R 1930 and David C 1935.

(Research): GR[B] Banbury Sept 1888 JD 1891, Census GR[D] Norwich vol 4B p649 Sept 1966.

Birth 15 June 1888 (from Naval records  and 1939 Census)

1901 Census 6 Boxhedge Rd. Neithrop Oxon

1. Blencowe Tom Head Steel Iron Grinder 41
2. Blencowe Charlotte 9
3. Blencowe Charlotte Ada Wife 42
4. Blencowe Ernest Son 7
5. Blencowe Fred Son 11
6. Blencowe Alfred Son 14
7. Blencowe Rosa Buzzard Dau 18
8. Blencowe Thomas Son 12
9. Blencowe Valentine Son 16
10. Blencowe Sarah Dau Machinist 19

1911 Census 61 Upper Windsor Street Banbury Oxfordshire

1. Blencowe Charlotte Ada Head
2. Blencowe Ernest Son Carpenter To Milling Firm 17
3. Blencowe Fred Son Coal Merchants Clerk 21
4. Blencowe Alfred Son Linen Cutter For Ladies Undergarments 24
5. Blencowe Rosa Buzzard Dau 27
6. Blencowe Thomas Son 22

Royal Navy Air Service	Royal Air Force

WW1

Blencowe Thomas, 1888, Banbury, Seaman, AC1 F36986, 236986, Royal Navy Air Service, RAF.

1917

1917 was a year in which got married but also had three recruitment tribunals to attend as the Military tried to enlist him when he was trying to also look after is invalided mother grieving the loss of a husband and two sons.

• Banbury Guardian 18 January 1917. Thomas applies for an exemption his reasons are given and reflect a personal set of circumstances

Banbury Advertiser 3 May 1917

• 25 August 1917 Banbury Guardian reports that Thomas has been held up from joining the military and gives his reasons which are understandable

• 3^rd Sept. Enlisted in the Royal Navy Air Service. Occupation in records Mill Manager on entry. Thomas at the base establishment HMS President Ii
  , this was an accounting department of the RNAS. We know that Thomas was a manager in a Corn business and it seems his skills were utilised in the accounting departments of the services.

1918

• 3^rd Mar. Initially an AC2 (Aircraftman 2) and transferred to RAF muster at rank AC1 3 Mar 1918. Note: ranks in the RNAS/RAF and  didn’t always correspond to actual roles
• 31^st Mar. Discharged. The RNAS along with the RFC was merged with the RAF on 1 April 1918.
• 1^st Apr. Posted to RAF Tregantle, Cornwall which was an RNAS aircraft storage depot. After the merger it didn’t last long before closed down so given Thomas’s accounting role in RNAS was it some sort of audit activity I wonder
• 9^th Aug. Posted to RAF Halton, Bucks.² A base camp where his accounting role was probably continued
  

1919

• 19^th Jan. Transfer to RAF Reserves.

1920

• 30^th Apr. Discharged.

Sources

1. Royal Navy Registers of Seamen’s Services. Royal Naval Air Service RNAS. The National Archives, Kew Reference: ADM 188/628/984
2. RAF Service Records.

Medals

Awarded the British War Medal. Note: For the Royal Navy, RNAS, Royal Marines, and the Dominion and Colonial naval forces, the criteria was different to the Army the requirement for overseas service was not needed to qualify hence Thomas who served in the UK received the medal.

After the War

1921 Census

2 Golden Villas, Neithrop, Banbury

1939 Census

Cottscombe Farm Swerford, Chipping Norton R.D., Oxfordshire, England

Edith Blencowe 24 Oct 1891 Female Unpaid Domestic Du Married
Thomas Blencowe 15 Jun 1888 Male Com Merchants Mana Married
Thomas B Blencowe 15 Jul 1920 Male ??? Single

Note three others not disclosed could be children Derrick R 1928, Evan R 1930 and David c 1935.
Howard R Roberts 13 May 1907 Male Farmer Married
Eva K Roberts 07 Jun 1897 Female Unpaid Domestic D Married

Death 1966 age 78 years

Norwich Vol. 4B P.649 Sept 1966.

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