See also
| Husband: | Stephen LAMPLUGH (1900-1983) | |
| Wife: | Mary Lewis VESEY (1911-1984) | |
| Engagement | 3 Sep 1937 | Harrow, Middlesex, England |
| The engagement is announced between Stephen Lamplugh and Mary Veysey | ||
| Marriage | 9 Feb 1938 | Wincanton, Somerset, England1 |
| Parish Church, St Peter's and St Paul's | ||
| Name: | Stephen LAMPLUGH | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Name Prefix: | Major General | |
| Name Suffix: | CB CBE | |
| Nickname: | Pluggie | |
| Father: | George William R LAMPLUGH (1859-1926) | |
| Mother: | Hannah Maria HEADLEY (1864-1944) | |
| Birth | 25 May 1900 | Tonbridge, Kent, England |
| Census | 31 Mar 1901 (age 10 mns) | Tonbridge, Kent, England2 |
| 57 Quarry Hill Road | ||
| Census | 2 Apr 1911 (age 10) | St Albans, Hertfordshire, England3 |
| 13 Annandale, Beaconsfield Road | ||
| Occupation | 2 Apr 1911 (age 10) | school; St Albans, Hertfordshire, England3 |
| Education | frm 1918 to 1919 (age 17-19) | Royal Military Academy; Woolwich, London, England |
| Enlisted (Military) | 18 Dec 1919 (age 19) | |
| Military Regiment | Royal Engineers | |
| Military Rank | 2nd Lieutenant 18 Dec 1919 | |
| Census | 19 Jun 1921 (age 21 yrs 1 mn) | Chatham, Kent, England4 |
| Royal Engineers Brompton Barracks | ||
| Occupation | 19 Jun 1921 (age 21) | 2nd Lieutenant; Chatham, Kent, England4 |
| Employment: Army Royal Engineers | ||
| National or Tribal Origin | 19 Jun 1921 (age 21) | British4 |
| Promoted (Military) | 18 Nov 1921 (age 21) | |
| Lieutenant | ||
| Promoted (Military) | ||
| to Major-General | ||
| Departure | 2 Dec 1927 (age 27) | for Burma; Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| 51 St Dunstan's Avenue, Acton, W3. Lieutenant Stephen Lamplugh of the Royal Engineers was booked to sail from England on the SS Yorkshire, to Rangoon, via Marseille, Port Said, Port Sudan, Colombo, but the passenger manifest entry was crossed out. |
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| Arrival | 14 Apr 1931 (age 30) | from Bombay; Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| c/o Lloyds Bank, 6 Pall Mall, London on the SS City of Nagpur |
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| Departure | 10 Oct 1931 (age 31) | for Karachi; Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| 43 Queen's Road, Richmond, Surrey Captain Stephen Lamplugh of theIndian Army was booked to sail from England on the SS City of Paris, to Karachi, but the passenger manifest entry was crossed out. |
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| Campaign Medal | 25 Jul 1933 (age 33) | Indian General Service Medal with clasp for North West Frontier 1930-1931 |
| Awarded in Army Order 94 of 1933. Stephen was the Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, and Garrison Engineer at Manzai, under the Commander, RE, Waziristan District. During 1930–1931, the Waziristan District, a crucial part of the British Indian Empire's North-West Frontier Province, was heavily engaged in suppressing the fallout from the Red Shirt rebellion and related tribal uprisings. This period was marked by significant unrest, with British Indian forces actively engaged in maintaining control over the region. Manzai was an important, fortified garrison camp on the North-West Frontier tasked with protecting convoys to Wana. As an engineer in a frontier garrison, Stephen's duties likely involved maintaining the strategic defenses of the fort, managing water supplies, and overseeing the vital communication and transport links (such as the narrow-gauge railway) that connected Manzai to the rest of the Waziristan District. |
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| Residence | 9 Feb 1938 (age 37) | Uxbridge, Middlesex, England1 |
| Royal Engineer Barracks | ||
| Occupation | 9 Feb 1938 (age 37) | Captain, Royal Engineers; Uxbridge, Middlesex, England1 |
| Civil Decoration | 1943 (age 42-43) | CBE |
| Occupation | 1945 (age 44-45) | Brigadier serving in Paiforce [Persian and Iraq Force] |
| 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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| Military Service No. | 6967 | |
| Military Service No. | 6951 | |
| Death | 26 Apr 1983 (age 82) | Amesbury, Wiltshire, England |
| Amesbury Abbey | ||
| Probate | 15 Aug 1983 | Bristol, Gloucestershire, England |
| Amesbury Abbey, Amesbury, Wiltshire Probate granted. Effects £42452 |
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| Name: | Mary Lewis VESEY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Alt. Name: | Mary Lewis VEYSEY | |
| Father: | Arthur Henry VEYSEY (1868-1945) | |
| Mother: | Anna Blakeman LEWIS (1883-1968) | |
| Birth | 8 Feb 1911 | New York, New York, USA5 |
| Arrival | 2 Nov 1912 (age 1) | from New York; Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| On the Baltic, travelling 1st Class with the family and servants. Arthur was 42, Anna was 29. Young Arthur was 7, Ernest was 5, Blakeman was 3, Mary was 1, Mary Saunders was 26, Teresa Fry was 34 | ||
| Census | 19 Jun 1921 (age 10 yrs 4 mns) | Horsington, Templecombe, Somerset, England5 |
| Stowell House Education: Whole Time |
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| Occupation | 19 Jun 1921 (age 10) | None; Horsington, Templecombe, Somerset, England5 |
| National or Tribal Origin | 19 Jun 1921 (age 10) | Resident5 |
| Departure | 27 Nov 1936 (age 25) | bound for Port Said; London, England |
| Suddon Grange On the Kaisar-I-Hind |
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| Residence | 1938 (age 26-27) | Uxbridge, Middlesex, England |
| 18 Heath Court Stephen and Mary were living here according to the electoral roll. As Uxbridge was the home of the RE presumably these were military quarters. |
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| Residence | 9 Feb 1938 (age 27) | Wincanton, Somerset, England1 |
| Suddon Grange | ||
| Census | 29 Sep 1939 (age 28) | Lichfield, Staffordshire, England6 |
| AA Inf. Brigade, Whittington Barracks | ||
| Occupation | 29 Sep 1939 (age 28) | Housewife , unpaid; Lichfield, Staffordshire, England6 |
| Embarked (Military) | 2 Jun 1946 (age 35) | Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| 2 Holland Walk, Stanmore, Middlesex for Port Said, sailing on Troop Transport, on SS Mauretania, intending to reside in Tripolitania, N.Africa |
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| Arrival | 13 May 1949 (age 38) | From Port Said, Egypt; Southampton, Hampshire, England |
| Suddon Grange, Wincanton, Somerset On board the Empire Trooper |
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| 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 Companion of the Order of the Bath mon 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
↑
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 –
↑
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.
Lamplugh, Stephen
Major-General
* 25th of May 1900
† 26th of April 1983
(Royal Engineers)
Nickname: Pluggie
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
10 June 1959 NORTHERN DAILY MAIL
COUNTY BOROUGH OF WEST HARTLEPOOL
NEW CIVIL DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS
at the
OLD ARMOURY, WARD STREET, WEST HARTLEPOOL
WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY
MAJOR-GENERAL STEPHEN LAMPLUGH, C.B., C.B.E.,
REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENCE
on
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17th, 1959, at 3 p.m.
After the ceremony the Headquarters will be open to inspection, and members of the public,
interested in Civil Defence, are cordially invited to attend.
Municipal Buildings, West Hartlepool,
ERIC J. WAGGOTT, TOWN CLERK
| 1 | Text From Source: Newspaper Report of Marriage 1938, Marriage solemnized at Parish Church, St Per's and St Paul's in the Parish of Wincanton in the County of Somerset in the Western Gazette, 4 Feb 1938 When Married: 9 Feb 1938 Name and Surname: Stephen Lamplugh and Mary Lewis Veysey Age: 37 and 27 Condition: Bachelor and Spinster Rank or Profession: Captain, Royal Engineers Residence at the time of Marriage: Royal Engineer Barracks, Uxbridge and Suddon Grange, Wincanton Fathers' Names and Surnames: George William R Lamplugh (Deceased) and Arthur Henry Veysey Rank or Professions of Fathers: Geologist, and Farmer Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England After Banns by me, Rev Arthur Lawrence Vesey & Preb W.E.Hodgson. This Marriage was solemnized between us, Stephen Lamplugh and Mary Lewis Veysey in the Presence of us, Arthur Henry Veysey |
| 2 | Text From Source: Census England 1901 Address: 57 Quarry Hill Road Place: Tonbridge, Kent, England Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Employ Status,At Home,Where Born,Infirmity George William R Lamplugh,Head,M,M,41,District Geologist, H.M.Govt Geological Survey,,,Driffield, Yorkshire, Hannah Maria Lamplugh,Wife,M,F,36,,,,Bridlington, Yorkshire, England, Walter Lamplugh,Son,S,M,13,scholar,,,Bridlington, Yorkshire, England, Eric Lamplugh,Son,S,M,9,scholar,,,Bridlington, Yorkshire, England, Joyce Lamplugh,Daughter,S,F,5,,,,Shepherd's Bush, London, England, Stephen Lamplugh,Son,S,M,10m,,,,Tonbridge, Kent, England, There was a general domestic servant, Lilian Foster, 19. |
| 3 | Text From Source: Census England 1911 Address: 13 Annandale, Beaconsfield Road Place: St Albans, Hertfordshire, England Name,Relation,Sex,Age,Married,Years,Chd Born,Chd Living,Chd Died,Occupation,Industry,Employ Status,At Home,Where Born,Nationality,Infirmity George William R Lamplugh,Head,M,52,M,,,,,Geological Surveyor, (District Geologist) H.M.Geological Survey,HM Geological Survey,,,Driffield, Yorkshire, England,, Hannah Maria Lamplugh,Wife,F,47,M,23,5,4,1,,,,,Bridlington, Yorkshire, England,, Joyce Lamplugh,Daughter,F,15,S,,,,,school,,,,Shepherd's Bush, London, England,, Stephen Lamplugh,Son,M,10,S,,,,,school,,,,Tonbridge, Kent, England,, Elizabeth Lamplugh,Mother,F,77,W,,,,,,,,,Bridlington, Yorkshire, England,, There was also a general servant living there. Emily Fearn, 22. |
| 4 | Text From Source: Census England 1921 Address: Royal Engineers Brompton Barracks Place: Chatham, Kent, England Name,Relation,Age,Sex,Marr/Orph'd,Birthplace,Nationality,Education,Occupation,Employment,Place of Work,Chd <16,Children's Ages Stephen Lamplugh,Head,21y 1m,M,Single,Tonbridge, Kent, England,British,,2nd Lieutenant,Army Royal Engineers,,, |
| 5 | Text From Source: Census England 1921 Address: Stowell House Place: Horsington, Templecombe, Somerset, England Name,Relation,Age,Sex,Marr/Orph'd,Birthplace,Nationality,Education,Occupation,Employment,Place of Work,Chd <16,Children's Ages Arthur Henry Veysey,Head,53y 2m,M,Married,Taunton, Somerset, England,,,None,,,3,10,12,13 Anna Blakeman Veysey,Wife,38y 4m,F,Married,New York, New York, USA,Resident,,None,,,, CROSSED THROUGH Arthur Laurence Veysey,Son,16y 1m,M,Single,New York, New York, USA,Resident,Whole Time,None,,,,CROSSED THROUGH [He was at Eton] CROSSED THROUGH Ernest Lewis Blakeman Veysey,Son,13y 8m,M,Both Alive,New York, New York, USA,Resident,Whole Time,None,,,,CROSSED THROUGH [He was at Durnford School] CROSSED THROUGH Blakeman Veysey,Son,12y 3m,M,Both Alive,New York, New York, USA,Resident,Whole Time,None,,,,CROSSED THROUGH [He was at Durnford School] Mary Lewis Veysey,Daughter,10y 4m,F,Both Alive,New York, New York, USA,Resident,Whole Time,None,,,, There was a visitor - Mary Gwendolyn Hindesman, from Shropshire, a teacher, and three servants, Sarah Cousins, 45, Edith Coombes, 24 and Clara Harding, 16. |
| 6 | Text From Source: Register England & Wales 1939 Address: AAInf. Brigade, Whittington Barracks Place: Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Name of person,Status,Gender,Birthdate,Condition,Occupation,Comments Lamplugh, Mary Lewis,,F,8 Feb 1911,M,Housewife , unpaid, |