Gibbs Family Tree
Rev. Mark Lyon Thornewill
1925 - 2020 (95 years)
Generation: 1
1. Rev. Mark Lyon Thornewill was born on 12 Feb 1925 in Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; died on 5 Oct 2020 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. Notes:
Lt. Royal Navy (retired). Son of John Miles Hammond Thornewill of Haynes Farm, Copthorne, Sussex. Educated at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
House Cadet Captain R.N. College, Dartmouth; Captain of Tennis; Captain of Fencing. Midshipman H.M.S. Mauritius Indian Ocean troop convoys 1942. Sub-Lieutenant H.M.S. Leeds E.
Coast convoys 1943. H.M.S. Marne Russian convoys 1944; Aegean Islands operations; W. Italian operations 1945. Lieutenant in H.M.S. Newfoundland in Shanghai and Nankin with C. in C.'s flag, i/c Seamen Boys and i/c Nationalist
Chinese officer training 1946. H.M.S. St. James, Home Fleet, Communications Officer 1947. Flag Lieutenant to the Admiral, British Joint Services Mission, Washington D.C. 1948-50. First Lieutenant H.M.S. Grenville 1951; Assistant Staff
Officer Operations, Flat Officer F.E. (Korea) 1952. Retired List 1953.
1953 Ordained Deacon and Priest Bradford Cathedral, Yorkshire; 1960-62 Assistant Curate, Otley, Yorks. 1962 Rector of Lifton & Kelly with Bradstone, Devonshire. 1966 Moved with family to Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. for Chaplain Residency at Medical College of Virginia. 1969 Director of Pastoral Care at Norton-Children's Hospitals, Louisville, Kentucky; Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Ky.; Member of American Association for Pastoral Counsellors. Transcendental Meditation since 1973 (and T.M. Sidhis).Mark married Margaret Hilaria Gibbs [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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