Robert Townshend Anwyl-Passingham
Major Robert Townshend Anwyl-Passingham OBE DL JP (16 October 1867 – 10 June 1926), was Deputy Inspector-General of Military Police in Burma and Double Company Commander of the 72nd Punjabis.[1][2] He retired in 1907 but during World War I served as Assistant Director of Recruiting in Wrexham and later Assistant Director of National Service for North Wales; for his wartime service he was made OBE.[2][2] A prominent figure in Merionethshire, Anwyl-Passingham served as a Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant and, in 1925, as High Sheriff of that county.[3][4][5][6][7]
Life
Robert Townshend Passingham was born in London on 16 October 1867, the son of Major Robert Townshend Anwyl-Passingham, DL JP, of Bryn-e-groes, Merioneth.[8] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Sandhurst,[9] and changed his surname to Anwyl-Passingham by deed poll on 8 October 1888.[10]
Anwyl-Passingham was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers on 30 January 1886 and served with the Burmese Expedition between 1886 and 1889 (medal with clasps).[11] He joined the Madras Staff Corps of the Indian Army on 4 March 1888 and was appointed Wing Officer; he served again in Burma between 1889 and 1892 with the 12th Mounted Infantry (Burma Battalion).[4][12] In January 1892 he was made Station Commander (3rd Class) at Hakha and attained the rank of Captain in January 1897.[4][13]
In 1898, Anwyl-Passingham became Commandant of the Mogaung Battalion, Burma Military Police, and in 1900 officiated as Deputy Inspector-General of Military Police in Burma.[14][15] He spent the remainder of his career with the 72nd Punjabis as a Major and Double Company Commander.[1][16] He retired in 1907.[17]
During World War I, Anwyl-Passingham was Assistant Director of Recruiting in Wrexham and later Assistant Director of National Service for North Wales; for his wartime service he was made OBE.[2][2] A prominent figure in Merionethshire, he served as Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant and, in 1925, as High Sheriff of that county.[3][4][7]
On 7 January 1906, Anwyl-Passignham married Charlotte Angie Bigoe.[18] He died in North Wales on 10 June 1926.[19]
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- ^ a b c d e https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30730/supplement/6708/data.pdf
- ^ a b https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32880/page/7852/data.pdf
- ^ a b c d "Lot 587, 9 December 1999 - Dix Noonan Webb".
- ^ Blome, Richard (1 January 1673). "An Alphabetical Account of the Nobility and Gentry, which are (or Lately Were) Related Unto the Several Counties of England and Wales: As to Their Names, Titles, and Seats by which They are (or Have Been) Generally Known and Distinguished; According as They Were Received from the Hands of Divers Persons Experienced Therein in Each County by Their Publick Offices, Or Otherwise; the Like Never Before Published". privately printed – via Google Books.
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- ^ a b https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33030/page/1874
- ^ Kelly’s Handbook of Distinguished People. Published by Kelly’s Directories, 1923
- ^ Register of the Old Boys of the Bedford Modern School. Compiled by H.E. Vipan. Published Bedford by W. Robinson, 1900. Chapter IV, School Honours, p. vii
- ^ The Times, London, 19 October 1888, p.1
- ^ Kelly’s Handbook Of Distinguished People. Published by Kelly’s Directories, 1923
- ^ The Colonies and India, London, England, 29 January 1890, p.26
- ^ The Times, London, 9 March 1897, p.8
- ^ The India List. Published by Harrison and Sons, London, 1898
- ^ Dept, Burma Police (1 January 1901). "Report on the Police Administration" – via Google Books.
- ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27679/page/3354/data.pdf
- ^ India, Army Headquarters (6 February 2012). "Indian Army List January 1919 - Volume 3". Andrews UK Limited – via Google Books.
- ^ Mee, Arthur (1 January 1921). "Who's who in Wales". Western Mail Limited – via Google Books.
- ^ The Times, London, 11 June 1926, p.1