{"id":1349,"date":"2013-04-14T10:23:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T10:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/?page_id=1349"},"modified":"2025-01-27T10:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T10:59:26","slug":"1349-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/1349-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Harold Vincent Tiffen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1349\" data-postid=\"1349\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1349 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_3f1b181 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_bd5dbaa first\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_qltp109 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  tb_default_color\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h2><strong>Key Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Harold Vincent Tiffen<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><strong>DoB: \u00a0<\/strong>November 10 1894<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regt:\u00a0<\/strong>Lancashire Fusiliers<strong><br><\/strong><strong>DoD:\u00a0<\/strong>Missing in Action November \u00a020 1917<strong><br><\/strong><strong>Academic Career<\/strong>:\u00a0CGS 1905-10<br><strong>Other:\u00a0<\/strong>son of James Tiffen, 300 Warwick Road<strong><br><\/strong><strong>Biographical Information<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_xknh48 last\">\n                    <!-- module gallery -->\n<div  class=\"module gallery module-gallery tb_er3a88 layout-slider  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n         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ground near Pilckem on 10 October 1917. From the Imperial War Museum collection\" alt=\"Men of the Lancashire Fusiliers carrying up duckboards over the waterlogged ground near Pilckem on 10 October 1917. 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From the Imperial War Museum collection\" alt=\"Men of the Lancashire Fusiliers carrying up duckboards over the waterlogged ground near Pilckem on 10 October 1917. From the Imperial War Museum collection\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tiffen1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tiffen1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tiffen1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tiffen1-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tiffen1-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tiffen1-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tiffen1-128x128.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>                            <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"slide-content tf_opacity tf_texl tf_abs\">\n                                    \n                                                                            <p>Men of the Lancashire Fusiliers carrying up duckboards over the waterlogged ground near Pilckem on 10 October 1917. From the Imperial War Museum collection.<\/p>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module gallery -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_24b319e tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_6973146 first\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_0199709 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   tb_default_color\">\n            <li class=\"builder-accordion-active\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-0199709-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-0199709-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"true\">\n                                                            Family Background:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-0199709-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-0199709-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"accordion-content tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_h1pr411\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_mzoc411 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ygz0411   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Harold was the elder son of James and Catherine n\u00e9e\u00a0Findley. He had a younger brother and sister. On his mother\u2019s side the family came from Scotland and after the death of his maternal grandfather his grandmother had carried on running the family coach business. The Tiffen side were Cumbrian for generations, his paternal grandfather had run a boot and clog business in the middle of Carlisle for many years and after his death his widow too, carried on the business, employing five men. His father James was a draper on Scotch Street and Warwick Road.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-0199709-1\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-0199709-1-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Academic Record:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-0199709-1-content\" data-id=\"acc-0199709-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_9c48411\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_7a2s411 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ckqk411   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>After CGS he attended\u00a0 Grosvenor College, Carlisle. And was a dental student for 1 year with John Keswick Esq<em>.<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-0199709-2\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-0199709-2-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            War Service:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-0199709-2-content\" data-id=\"acc-0199709-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_hlpn411\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_gtgv411 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_1dhr411   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>He\u00a0enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps as a private. He went to France on November 18 1915. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant \u00a0on September 7 1917 and he joined the Lancashire Fusiliers, he went \u00a0to the front in early October and was missing in action two months later on \u00a0November 20 1917. He was last seen entering a German trench with his men.<\/p>\n<p>In his obituary in the Cumberland News a letter written to his father by the Major commanding the Lancahire Fusiliers is quoted<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>In the attack your son led his men gallantly and his bravery was an example to us all. He proved himself a fine and fearless soldier and a splendid leader. During the short time your son was with this battalion he made many friends, and we that are left cherish a memory of one we are proud of. Please accept our deepest sympathy in your great anxiety and trouble\u201d\u00a0<\/i>another letter is also quoted where the Captain who wrote it said<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cHe was a brave boy and had the makings of a really good officer\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-0199709-3\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-0199709-3-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Battalion:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-0199709-3-content\" data-id=\"acc-0199709-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_2agz411\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_wbz3411 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_46zd411   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-0199709-4\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-0199709-4-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Other:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-0199709-4-content\" data-id=\"acc-0199709-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_hdcz411\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_ijh5411 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_9br9411   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>His brother James also attended CGS and went on to Durham University. James served for New Zealand in WW2, he was a P.O.W. for three and a half years and sadly died in a military hospital in July 1948. (See his page in the WW2 section).<\/p>\n<p>Harold left \u00a3133 1s 2d<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-0199709-5\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-0199709-5-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Sources:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-0199709-5-content\" data-id=\"acc-0199709-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_m943411\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_osif411 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_86rt411   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/\">www.Ancestry.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0Probate Register<\/p>\n<p>Census:<\/p>\n<p>1841: HO107\/<\/p>\n<p>1851: HO107\/<\/p>\n<p>1861: RG9\/<\/p>\n<p>1871: RG10\/<\/p>\n<p>1881: RG11\/<\/p>\n<p>1891: RG12\/<\/p>\n<p>1901: RG13\/<\/p>\n<p>1911:<\/p>\n<p>CGS Memorial Register<\/p>\n<p>Cumberland News 9\/2\/1918<\/p>\n<p>CWGC<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Key Information Name:\u00a0Harold Vincent Tiffen DoB: \u00a0November 10 1894 Regt:\u00a0Lancashire Fusiliers DoD:\u00a0Missing in Action November \u00a020 1917 Academic Career:\u00a0CGS 1905-10 Other:\u00a0son of James Tiffen, 300 Warwick Road Biographical Information Family Background: Harold was the elder son of James and Catherine n\u00e9e\u00a0Findley. 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