Major Gerard Stuckely Torkington

1878 - 1952  (73 years)

• Name	Gerard Stuckely Torkington
  Title	Major
  Birth	24 Sep 1878	Hythe, Kent
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	Aldershot, Hampshire
  Baptism	9 Feb 1879	Cheriton, Kent
  Death	30 Mar 1952	Kent
  Notes	2nd son of Captain Charles Torkington (41st Regiment) of Great Stukeley, Hunts (see Burke's 'Landed Gentry' before 1900), by Forence Elizabeth Caroline, 3rd daughter of Richard George Coke of Tapton Grove, co. Derby, for whom see Coke of Brookhill in 'Landed Gentry'. Baptised at Aldershot parish church. Educated at Cranbrook School, 1891-6 and at Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 2nd Lieut. 2nd Bn. Suffolk Regt., August 1898; Lieut. April 1900; joined Indian Army, 69th Punjabis, August 1900; Captain August 1907; Major September 1915. In the Great War he commanded Training depots at Attock and Agra in India October 1914- September 1919. Retired February 1921 on disability pension. He and his wife living at Hartley, nr. Cranbrook, Kent, in 1932.
  Person ID	I2762	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Charles Torkington,   b. Abt 1848, Cranbrook, Kent
  Mother	Florence Elizabeth Caroline Coke,   b. Abt 1853, North Wingfield, Derbyshire
  Marriage	1876
  Family ID	F1213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olive Gibbs,   b. 26 Mar 1876, Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France d. 8 May 1963, Tonbridge, Kent (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1908	Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire
  Family ID	F1212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Sep 1878 - Hythe, Kent Baptism - - Aldershot, Hampshire Baptism - 9 Feb 1879 - Cheriton, Kent Marriage - 4 Nov 1908 - Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire Death - 30 Mar 1952 - Kent  = Link to Google Earth