† 03/04/1963 · aged 63 · Ashes in the undercroft of All Hallows-by-the-Tower (London)
Personal data
Name
Talbot
Initials
N.
Christian name
Neville
Date and place of birth
Oxford; 21.08.1879
Profession
Chaplain Balliol College, Oxford
Family
Son of The Right Revd Edward Talbot (Bishop of Winchester) and the Hon. Lavinia Lyttelton. Married to Cecil Mary Eastwood (April 1918).
Extra information
Information
Commissioned into the Rifle Brigade, he served in the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and at Cuddesdon (ordination training). Chaplain of Balliol College, Oxford (1909)
Information 2
Bishop of Pretoria (1920-1933), Vicar of St Mary's Church, Nottingham (1933-1943)
Information 3
Died at Henfield, Sussex
Military data
Rank
Col.
Regiment / Unit
Senior Chaplain 6 Division
Date of death
Age
63
Cemetery / Memorial
Ashes in the undercroft of All Hallows-by-the-Tower (London)
Other information
Information
Senior Chaplain 6 Division, June 1915, Poperinge.
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Founder of Talbot House, which opened on 11.12.1915. The House was named after Neville (against his own will) by order of Lt.-Col. R. May, Quartermaster-General 6 Division.
Information 3
Neville chose Tubby, then a Chaplain of 16 Brigade, as the ideal person to run it. In June 1916, Neville founded and ran the Officers' Club, a daughter house of TH down the road. He also kept an eye on TH during Tubby's spell in hospital (from end May 1916) until he received orders to move to the Somme (August 1916). Returned to Ypres Salient in the summer of 1917. Vice-President of the Talbot House Committee from 29.08.1917 (then Assistant Chaplain-General 5 Army).
Information 4
M.C., Mentioned in Despatches
Information 5
Brother of Lt. Gilbert Talbot, 7 Rifle Brigade, killed on 30.07.1915, aged 23 (Sanctuary Wood Cemetery) and of Rev. Edward Talbot, Senior Chaplain 8 Division.
