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Captain William Henry Templeman | |
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| Born | 18 July 1883 Myton, Hull, England |
| Died | 11 March 1919 |
| Employer(s) | HM Factory, Gretna; HM Factory, Queensferry; Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills |
Captain William Henry Templeman (18 July 1883 - 11 March 1919) was an English chemist and munitions expert, army officer [1] and solicitor in England and lawyer and patent agent in Australia. [2] [3]
Templeman was the son of William Henry Templeman and Margaret Ann Templeman (née Fairweather), [4] born on 18 July 1883 at Kingston upon Hull. [1] His father was a grocer's manager and at the time of his birth, the family lived at 59 Spring Street, Myton, Hull.
He was educated at Day Street National School; Hymers College, Hull Technical School, and University College London. [4] The census for 31 March 1901 shows he was at home, at Park Street, Hull, with his parents, his two brothers, Arthur and Thomas S; maid, Minnie M; and a visitor of private means, a widow, Emily Magson, aged 45. [5]
In 1901, Templeman passed Intermediate BSc, University of London. [6] He first studied for Part I of the Natural Sciences Tripos at St John's College, Cambridge in 1902 having been admitted on 22 February 1902. [7] In 1907, he won the McMahon Law Scholarship (£150 for 4 years). [8] He graduated with LLB on 23 June 1908 and was approved for LLM [9] on 13 March 1915, on the strength of a dissertation entitled ‘Equitable assignments’. [3]
The census for 2 April 1911 shows him at home at Fountain Street, Hull, with his parents, aunt, Isabella Cuthbertson; cousin, Elizabeth Morris Cuthbertson; and a maid, Ruby Elizabeth Wallace. William's occupation is a solicitor on his own account. [2] He was elected a member of Hull Incorporated Law Society on 21 April 1911. [10]
In 1914, he was employed by the Department of Explosives Supply, Ministry of Munitions, and he worked at Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills; HM Factory, Queensferry; and later at HM Factory, Gretna. [1]
He was at one time, resident in Tasmania (his brother, Arthur, lived in Burnie), from which he joined the First Australian Imperial Force. [11]
On 8 July 1915, he was admitted as a practitioner to the Supreme Court of Tasmania, intending to practice as both a lawyer and a patent agent; having practiced as a solicitor in England for four years, [3] but in December 1915, he returned to England. [12]
In September 1916, he was appointed Subsection Manager of the Cordite Section at HM Factory, Gretna, where he was in charge of 25 chemists, more than 2,000 other staff and a lot of equipment. [12]
In May, 1917, he moved to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps for duties connected with inspection of ammunition. [12] On 18 August 1917, the Gazette confirmed his rank as 2nd lieutenant, Army Ordnance Department and to be a temporary lieutenant. [13] He was promoted to acting captain on 17 September 1917 . [14]
In late 1918, he was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of Chemistry [1] when he was an Inspecting Ordnance Officer. [15] He was also a Fellow of the Chemical Society and a member of the Society of Chemical Industry. [12]
In January 1919, he joined Tonbridge School as an instructor in chemistry and biology. [16] His rank of acting captain was relinquished on 8 February 1919. [17] He died at Tonbridge, Kent, England on 11 March 1919 due to pneumonic influenza. [11]
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