Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer of Messines, Viscount · General · † 1932

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Naam	Plumer of Messines, Viscount
Initialen	H.C.O.
Voornaam	Herbert Charles Onslow
Geboortedatum en -plaats	Kensington, London; 13.03.1857
Familie	Maried to Annie Constance Goss

Information: Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst

Information: Visited Talbot House on more than one occasion, particularly the Upper Room and the Concert Hall. On one occasion he gave a lift to a sergeant going on leave and dropped him off at Talbot House asking Tubby to look after him well.
Information 2: Gave a lot of support at the start of the Toc H movement, of which he became a President, and especially used his influence to recruit more Toc H members from the armed forces. He attended Family Happenings, Guest Nights and Birthday Festivals, making speeches and presenting wooden crosses from the graves of Unknown Soldiers to Toc H branches. He also officially opened several new Marks.
Information 3: 'The Plumer Lamp' 'silver gilt) - first lit on 03.12.1932 at Town Hall, Birmingham, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of Field-Marshal First Viscount Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer of Messines, 1857-1932, President of Toc H". Kept in the Silver Store, York Minster.

Source: Handwritten addition in Liber Vitae 1928 (copy Jan Louagie)
Source 2: Louagie, J., A Touch of Paradise in Hell: see index
Source 3: Picture: opening of Mark VIII Sheffield. Sitting in the middle Lord Plumer – to his left, Lady Plumer, to his right the Bishop of Sheffield; Tubby in front of Lord Plumer.