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Captain
William Henry Templeman
Born18 July 1883
Myton, Hull, England
Died11 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]

Life

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Obituary of Captain William Henry Templeman". Proceedings of the Institute of Chemistry. 1921 part 3 – via Royal Society of Chemistry.
  2. ^ a b Templeman, William. "1911 census". Find My Past. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Templeman, William (9 July 1915). "Personal". The Mercury (Hobart). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b Register of twentieth-century Johnians. Cambridge: St John's College, Cambridge. 2004. ISBN 0-9501085-7-X. OCLC 57432936.
  5. ^ Templeman, William. "1901 Census". Find My Past. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  6. ^ ""Mail" Mems". Hull Daily Mail. 9 August 1901. p. 4.
  7. ^ Carey, G V (2020). The war list of the University of Cambridge 1914-1918. Alpha Edition. p. 342.
  8. ^ "Personal". Manchester Evening News. 24 January 1907. p. 4.
  9. ^ "University Herald". Cambridge Independent Press. 12 March 1915.
  10. ^ "Hull Incorporated Law Society". Hull Daily Mail. 24 April 1911.
  11. ^ a b Templeman, William (12 May 1919). "Burnie". The Advocate. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  12. ^ a b c d Templeman, William (1919). "In Memoriam". The Hymerian. 1919: 110–111.
  13. ^ Templeman, William (14 September 1917). "REGULAR FORCES Army Ordnance Department". London Gazette. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  14. ^ Templeman, William (31 October 1917). "Regular Forces, Army Ordnance Department". London Gazette. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  15. ^ Templeman, William (November 1918). "Associates". Journal of the Institute of Chemistry. 1918 Part IV: 40 – via Royal Society of Chemistry.
  16. ^ Templeman, William (21 March 1919). "Obituary". Kent & Sussex Courier. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  17. ^ Templeman, William (26 April 1919). "Regular Forces, Army Ordnance Department". London Gazette. Retrieved 21 October 2021.


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