More about Thomas Tirrell

I was recently contacted by Tara Quin who is the granddaughter of Thomas Tirrell.  She found me through this blog.   She tell me that Tommy (known as Jack) had 2 daughters called Janet and Barbara.  Tara is Barbara's daughter.

Apparently Tommy worked as  a military adviser to the Jordanian army after the war and when he retired he moved to near Rhyl in north Wales.  He was a jockey and raced for the army.  Tara kindly sent me some more photos of  her grandfather.  This one taken in Hamburg.  He loved horses and ran a horse society which had a big annual show.  He also liked to shoot and was a keen fishermen.

Tommy lived until 1994 and his wife Beryl lived into the new Millennium.  

This is another photo of Tommy and his wife Brenda on their wedding day in 1939 in Kent.

Tara also sent me Tommy's medal citations but as they are PDF files I cannot post them easily here but have scanned this section of one of them. He was a very brave and well thought of soldier and according to Tara he was a fabulous grandfather.

1935 wedding

This is a wedding photograph of  Norah Stobbart Butler and Arthur Thomas Roberts which took place on 5th August 1935 in Ravenfield.   Norah was my mother's half first cousin.  The half is because her father and my grandmother had the same father but different mothers.  Don't relationships get difficult at times?.  It is going to be worse now with all the divorces and remarriages there are.  

My mother Kathleen is the young bridesmaid standing next to the groom. She was 13 years old at the time and she told me her dress was pale green. At the front right is my grandmother Evelyn with daughter Joan who was 6 years old.  Granddad is 7th from the right at the back.