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Lt. · 154 Heavy Battery

Alec Smithers

† 23/09/1949 · Ashes in the undercroft of All Hallows-by-the-Tower (London)

Persoonlijke gegevens

NaamSmithers
InitialenA.
VoornaamAlec
Geboortedatum en -plaats?; 1878
BeroepArchitect

Militaire gegevens

RangLt.
Regiment / Eenheid154 Heavy Battery
Sterfdatum
Begraafplaats / GedenktekenAshes in the undercroft of All Hallows-by-the-Tower (London)

Andere informatie

Information
Visited Talbot House on several occasions. His battery received weekly visits from Tubby. Rose to the rank of Major.
Information 2
Became a member of the first Toc H Committee (Nov. 1919). Designed the ornate casket to house the Prince of Wales' 'Toc H Lamp of Maintenance' in All-Hallows-by-the-Tower (1923). Partly responsible for the redesign of the church after its destruction in World War 2.
Information 3
In 1930 he provided expert advice on the design of the bathhouse ('Slessorium'). Present at the reopening of the House (Easter 1931)

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Source
Louagie, J., Talbot House in the Interwar Period