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NameBrigadier Geoffrey Loveston Pethick CBE, DSO 
[1, Of my relations, having met him a few times], [3, His birth, Q4 of 1907, Plympton dist, vol 5d, p. 171], [4, 1911 ref: RG14PN5633 RG78PN255 RD91 SD1 ED11 SN18]
[1, Of my relations, having met him a few times], [3, His birth, Q4 of 1907, Plympton dist, vol 5d, p. 171], [4, 1911 ref: RG14PN5633 RG78PN255 RD91 SD1 ED11 SN18]Birth25 Nov 1907, Redlands, Plymouth
Baptism26 Jan 1908, St Andrew’s church, Plymouth, Devon
Death15 Feb 2002, Sunningdale, Berks
Burial25 Feb 2002, (cremation)
GeneralArmy Officer. RHA.
FatherCaptain Ernest Ellacott Pethick RN (ca1874-1960)
MotherAgnes Elizabeth May Brook (1875-ca1963)
Spouses
1Nancy Veronica Ferrand [3, Her birth, Q3 of 1916, Alton dist, vol 2c, p. 366], [2, Vol I, pp. 661-2], [1, Of my relations, having met her a few times], [5, Her burial, Bracknell Parish Church, 1981, No 7], [3, Her death, Q3 of 1980, b.30 Aug 1916, Bracknell dist, vol 19, p. 0035]
[3, Her birth, Q3 of 1916, Alton dist, vol 2c, p. 366], [2, Vol I, pp. 661-2], [1, Of my relations, having met her a few times], [5, Her burial, Bracknell Parish Church, 1981, No 7], [3, Her death, Q3 of 1980, b.30 Aug 1916, Bracknell dist, vol 19, p. 0035]FatherGuy Ferrand Ferrand (born BUSFEILD) (1881-1946)
MotherMuriel Hallifax (1883-1966)
Marriageca Aug 1939, Bradfield, Berks [3, Their marriage, Q3 of 1939, Wokingham dist, vol 2c, p. 2105]
Children(Private)
Marriage30 Sep 1981, Bracknell Parish Church, Berks [5, Bracknell Parish Church, 1981, No 7]
Separation26 Nov 1982, By Walker Martineau of Theale, Berks
Notes for Brigadier Geoffrey Loveston Pethick CBE, DSO
His birth registgration index:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Dec 1907 (>99%)
PETHICK Geoffrey Loveston Plympton 5b 171
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His baptism:
First name(s) Geoffrey Loveston
Last name Pethick
Birth year 1907
Birth date 25 Nov 1907
Baptism year 1908
Baptism date 26 Jan 1908
Denomination Anglican
Place Plymouth, St Andrew
Father's first name(s) Ernest Ellacott
Mother's first name(s) Agnes May
Mother's last name -
County Devon
Country England
Archive Plymouth & West Devon Record Office
Archive reference 358/17
Page 146
Record set Devon Baptisms
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
Collections from Great Britain
Plymouth & West Devon Record Office Collection
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He descended from, on his mother's side, a Stanbury family. In the 1930s he obviously made some efforts to trace these ancestors, particularly as there were some Stanburys in the 1620 Visitation of Cornwall, and reproduced in Vivian's Visitation book of 1887.
He made various notes:
1. Stanbury: near Bude. N. Cornwall. Bude - Stratton - Kilkhampton - Morwenstow. [In fact Stanbury is half a mile south of Morwenstow on the map.]
2. Loveston. near Hatherleigh. Devon. Okehampton - Hatherleigh 5 miles to Lord Clinton's estate - meath - turn R. towards Doulton. [I can't find this on my 1.6 miles to an inch road map.]
Further there is a note dated Aug 30 1935:
Loveston
Taken now by a Mr Bone (?) from Oxfordshire. The farm run by the landlord Lord Clinton thro' his agent a Mr Paps. Brooks farmed large corn acreage until impoversihed by Corn Laws (date?). Were they landlords then?
Stanbury
Present tenants - farmers called Colville. Landlord probably Waddow Martyn family of Donnacombe. House probably built about 1200 by a de Stanburie and remained in the family until impoversihed by failure to change cotton loom spinning to machinery. Date?
He also copied out an extract on Stanbury in Morwenstow from "Parochial History of Cornwall" by Gilbert, Vol 3, p. 250.
In 1937 he enquired of Archibald G B Russell, Lancaster Herald at the College of Arms, on the Stanburies and got a reply quoting the original 1620 Visitation.
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The problem in all of the above is that I found well over a thousand people with the Stanbury surname in the 1881 census with the vast number of them living in Devon. The sketchy pedigree he had written of his parents and Stanbury grandparents has not enabled me to identify which family was his forbears in the 1881 census. Possibly the 1901 census (if they ever get it going - I write in March 2002... after the complete failure to release it on Jan 2nd 2002) will provide some useful start information.
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His birth:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Dec 1907 (>99%)
Pethick Geoffrey Loveston Plympton 5b 171
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His CBE and DSO are known from a letter to him from his solicitors, Walker Martineau of Theale, Berks.
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In 1911 His mother was reported to have had 2 and only two children.:
Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
PETHICK, Ernest E Head Married M 36 1875 Engineer Lieutenant Royal Navy Devon Plymouth
PETHICK, May Wife Married 10 years F 35 1876 Devon Plymouth
PETHICK, Dorothy Daughter F 6 1905 Devon Plymouth
PETHICK, Geoffrey Son Married M 3 1908 Devon Plymouth
TRETHOWAN, Evelyn Governess Single F 21 1890 Nursery Governess Cornwall, St Feock
RG number: RG14 Piece: 5633
Reference: RG14PN5633 RG78PN255 RD91 SD1 ED11 SN18
Registration District: Alverstoke Sub District: Alverstoke
EnumerationDistrict: 11 Parish: Alverstoke
Address: 21 Clayhall Road Gosport
County: Hampshire
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From the London Gazette:
2 Sep 1930: “The undermentioned 2nd Lts. to be Lts. 1st Sept. 1930:— G. L. Pethick.”
9 Oct 1936: Lt G L Pethich RA to a Spec Appt (Cl HH.) (temp) 8th Sept 1936, (British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan section)
12 Jan 1937: “British Farces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan.— Lt. G. L. Pethick, R.A., Spec. Appt. (Cl. HH) (temp.). I7th Dec. 1936.”
19 Feb 1937: “Lt. G. L. Pethick, R.A., Spec. Appt. (Cl. HH), British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan (temp.). i6th Dec. 1936. (Substituted for notification in the Gazette of I2th Jan. 1937.)”
11 Oct 1938: In the Territorial Army section: “Capt. G. L. Pethick, R.A., to be G.S.O. 3r3 Grade, 5th Anti-Aircraft Div. 27th Sept. 1938.”
8 Nov 1938: In the Royal Regt of Artillery section: “Capt. G. L. Pethick is seed, for serv. on the Staff. 27th Sept. 1938.”
29 Aug 1944: “ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. ... The 'undermentioned Capts. to be Majs. : —ist Sept. 1944: — ... G. L. Pethick (38417).”
10 Feb 1953: “REGULAR ARMY. The undermentioned to be Cols., 31st Dec. 1952: —
Lt.-Col. (Temp. Brig.) G. L. PETHICK, D.S.O. (38417), from R.A.”
1 Jan 1957: “The undermentioned Cols. (Temp. Brigs.) to be Brigs, on the dates shown: — ... G. L. PETHICK, D.S.O. (38417), late R.A., 29th Nov. 1956.”
26 Dec 1958: “REGULAR ARMY The undermentioned Offrs. to be Supernumerary
to Establishment on the dates shown: ... Brig. G. L. PETHICK, D.S.O. (38417), late R.A.,
31st Dec. 1958.”
1 Jan 1960: “REGULAR ARMY Brig. G. L. PETHICK, C.B.E., D.S.O. (38417), late
R.A., retires on retired pay, 4th Jan. 1960. (Reserve Liability.)”
23 Nov 1965: “REGULAR ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS The undermentioned Offrs. having attained the age limit for liability to recall, cease to belong to the Res. of Offrs. on the dates shown: ... Brig. G. L. PETHICK, C.B.E., D.S.O. (38417), late R.A., 25th Nov. 1965.”
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Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Dec 1907 (>99%)
PETHICK Geoffrey Loveston Plympton 5b 171
_________________
His baptism:
First name(s) Geoffrey Loveston
Last name Pethick
Birth year 1907
Birth date 25 Nov 1907
Baptism year 1908
Baptism date 26 Jan 1908
Denomination Anglican
Place Plymouth, St Andrew
Father's first name(s) Ernest Ellacott
Mother's first name(s) Agnes May
Mother's last name -
County Devon
Country England
Archive Plymouth & West Devon Record Office
Archive reference 358/17
Page 146
Record set Devon Baptisms
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
Collections from Great Britain
Plymouth & West Devon Record Office Collection
________________
He descended from, on his mother's side, a Stanbury family. In the 1930s he obviously made some efforts to trace these ancestors, particularly as there were some Stanburys in the 1620 Visitation of Cornwall, and reproduced in Vivian's Visitation book of 1887.
He made various notes:
1. Stanbury: near Bude. N. Cornwall. Bude - Stratton - Kilkhampton - Morwenstow. [In fact Stanbury is half a mile south of Morwenstow on the map.]
2. Loveston. near Hatherleigh. Devon. Okehampton - Hatherleigh 5 miles to Lord Clinton's estate - meath - turn R. towards Doulton. [I can't find this on my 1.6 miles to an inch road map.]
Further there is a note dated Aug 30 1935:
Loveston
Taken now by a Mr Bone (?) from Oxfordshire. The farm run by the landlord Lord Clinton thro' his agent a Mr Paps. Brooks farmed large corn acreage until impoversihed by Corn Laws (date?). Were they landlords then?
Stanbury
Present tenants - farmers called Colville. Landlord probably Waddow Martyn family of Donnacombe. House probably built about 1200 by a de Stanburie and remained in the family until impoversihed by failure to change cotton loom spinning to machinery. Date?
He also copied out an extract on Stanbury in Morwenstow from "Parochial History of Cornwall" by Gilbert, Vol 3, p. 250.
In 1937 he enquired of Archibald G B Russell, Lancaster Herald at the College of Arms, on the Stanburies and got a reply quoting the original 1620 Visitation.
_____________________
The problem in all of the above is that I found well over a thousand people with the Stanbury surname in the 1881 census with the vast number of them living in Devon. The sketchy pedigree he had written of his parents and Stanbury grandparents has not enabled me to identify which family was his forbears in the 1881 census. Possibly the 1901 census (if they ever get it going - I write in March 2002... after the complete failure to release it on Jan 2nd 2002) will provide some useful start information.
_____________________
His birth:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Dec 1907 (>99%)
Pethick Geoffrey Loveston Plympton 5b 171
_____________________
His CBE and DSO are known from a letter to him from his solicitors, Walker Martineau of Theale, Berks.
____________________
In 1911 His mother was reported to have had 2 and only two children.:
Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
PETHICK, Ernest E Head Married M 36 1875 Engineer Lieutenant Royal Navy Devon Plymouth
PETHICK, May Wife Married 10 years F 35 1876 Devon Plymouth
PETHICK, Dorothy Daughter F 6 1905 Devon Plymouth
PETHICK, Geoffrey Son Married M 3 1908 Devon Plymouth
TRETHOWAN, Evelyn Governess Single F 21 1890 Nursery Governess Cornwall, St Feock
RG number: RG14 Piece: 5633
Reference: RG14PN5633 RG78PN255 RD91 SD1 ED11 SN18
Registration District: Alverstoke Sub District: Alverstoke
EnumerationDistrict: 11 Parish: Alverstoke
Address: 21 Clayhall Road Gosport
County: Hampshire
___________________
From the London Gazette:
2 Sep 1930: “The undermentioned 2nd Lts. to be Lts. 1st Sept. 1930:— G. L. Pethick.”
9 Oct 1936: Lt G L Pethich RA to a Spec Appt (Cl HH.) (temp) 8th Sept 1936, (British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan section)
12 Jan 1937: “British Farces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan.— Lt. G. L. Pethick, R.A., Spec. Appt. (Cl. HH) (temp.). I7th Dec. 1936.”
19 Feb 1937: “Lt. G. L. Pethick, R.A., Spec. Appt. (Cl. HH), British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan (temp.). i6th Dec. 1936. (Substituted for notification in the Gazette of I2th Jan. 1937.)”
11 Oct 1938: In the Territorial Army section: “Capt. G. L. Pethick, R.A., to be G.S.O. 3r3 Grade, 5th Anti-Aircraft Div. 27th Sept. 1938.”
8 Nov 1938: In the Royal Regt of Artillery section: “Capt. G. L. Pethick is seed, for serv. on the Staff. 27th Sept. 1938.”
29 Aug 1944: “ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. ... The 'undermentioned Capts. to be Majs. : —ist Sept. 1944: — ... G. L. Pethick (38417).”
10 Feb 1953: “REGULAR ARMY. The undermentioned to be Cols., 31st Dec. 1952: —
Lt.-Col. (Temp. Brig.) G. L. PETHICK, D.S.O. (38417), from R.A.”
1 Jan 1957: “The undermentioned Cols. (Temp. Brigs.) to be Brigs, on the dates shown: — ... G. L. PETHICK, D.S.O. (38417), late R.A., 29th Nov. 1956.”
26 Dec 1958: “REGULAR ARMY The undermentioned Offrs. to be Supernumerary
to Establishment on the dates shown: ... Brig. G. L. PETHICK, D.S.O. (38417), late R.A.,
31st Dec. 1958.”
1 Jan 1960: “REGULAR ARMY Brig. G. L. PETHICK, C.B.E., D.S.O. (38417), late
R.A., retires on retired pay, 4th Jan. 1960. (Reserve Liability.)”
23 Nov 1965: “REGULAR ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS The undermentioned Offrs. having attained the age limit for liability to recall, cease to belong to the Res. of Offrs. on the dates shown: ... Brig. G. L. PETHICK, C.B.E., D.S.O. (38417), late R.A., 25th Nov. 1965.”
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DNB Main notes for Brigadier Geoffrey Loveston Pethick CBE, DSO
Who Was Who has this on him:
PETHICK, Brig. Geoffrey Loveston
Details: PETHICK, Brig. Geoffrey Loveston, CBE 1960; DSO 1944;
born 25 November 1907; son of late Captain E. E. Pethick, RN and May (née Brook); marr. 1st, 1939, Nancy Veronica Ferrand (died 1980); one daughter; 2nd, 1981, Mrs Paula Usborne (died 1996); 3rd, 1997, Mrs Neville Carr Selway.
Education: Newton Coll.
Work: Commissioned, Royal Artillery, 1927; RHA 1934; served War of 1939-45: Staff Coll., Camberley, 1940; CO, Field Regt, 1942; Far East, 1945; jssc 1946; Dep. Dir, WO, 1948; idc, 1950; Commander: 3 Army Gp, RA, 1951; RA 3 Div. 1953; Army Council Staff, 1957; retired, 1960. Dir, British Paper Makers' Association, 1960-74.
Address: Little Croft, Fireball Hill, Sunningdale, Berks SL5 9PJ,
Telephone: (01344) 622018.
Died: 15 February 2002
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PETHICK, Brig. Geoffrey Loveston
Details: PETHICK, Brig. Geoffrey Loveston, CBE 1960; DSO 1944;
born 25 November 1907; son of late Captain E. E. Pethick, RN and May (née Brook); marr. 1st, 1939, Nancy Veronica Ferrand (died 1980); one daughter; 2nd, 1981, Mrs Paula Usborne (died 1996); 3rd, 1997, Mrs Neville Carr Selway.
Education: Newton Coll.
Work: Commissioned, Royal Artillery, 1927; RHA 1934; served War of 1939-45: Staff Coll., Camberley, 1940; CO, Field Regt, 1942; Far East, 1945; jssc 1946; Dep. Dir, WO, 1948; idc, 1950; Commander: 3 Army Gp, RA, 1951; RA 3 Div. 1953; Army Council Staff, 1957; retired, 1960. Dir, British Paper Makers' Association, 1960-74.
Address: Little Croft, Fireball Hill, Sunningdale, Berks SL5 9PJ,
Telephone: (01344) 622018.
Died: 15 February 2002
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