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Full Name:
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William TYDEMAN
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Birth:
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pre 24th February 1836 - Walsham-le-Willows, Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, England
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Christening:
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24th February 1836 - Church of St. Mary, Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk, England
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Death:
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2nd June 1918 - Wanborough, Wiltshire, England
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Burial:
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6th June 1918 - Church of St. Andrew, Wanborough, Wiltshire, England
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Date of Marriage:
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10th March 1859 - Hackney, London, England
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Date of Marriage:
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7th May 1901 - Lambeth, London, England
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William was born in 1837 in Walsham-le-Willows, near Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk. The exact date of his birth is unknown but he was Christened on 24th February 1836.
Most of what is known of William is contained in the report of his funeral.
William joined the Metropolitan Police at the age of 19 where he served until 1863 when he transferred to the Wiltshire Constabulary.
He was married in 1859 to Sarah Harvey (the daughter of a Wiltshire farmer) in Hackney London and this was probably his reason for moving to Wiltshire.
His job meant that he moved around quite a lot until he finally settled in Wanborough, a small village just outside Swindon. Sarah and William had a large family:
Mary Selina, Harvey James, William Wesley, Daniel Frank, William Henry Charles, Alice Kate and Walter Edward.
William's first wife died in 1891 and he married again 1899 to Sarah Barnes (no relation to the wife of his son who was also called Sarah Barnes!).
William died on 2nd June 1918 and the following is the report of his funeral which appeared in the local paper a few days later.
“THE LATE MR W TYDEMAN”
In the presence of a very large congregation of mourners, the funeral took place at Wanborough, on Thursday, the 6th inst., of Mr William Tydeman, ex-Sergt. of the Wiltshire
Police, who passed peacefully away on Sunday, June 2nd, having reached the great age of 80 years. Born at Walsham-le-Willows, near Bury St Edmunds, in 1838, he
went to London when a young man and joined the Metropolitan Police when 19 years of age. After serving some six or seven years in the Force in London he paid a
visit to Wiltshire for a holiday, and at once this healthy county appealed to him, and he went back and resigned his position on the London Police Force, and joined the
Wiltshire Constabulary in the days of long ago before Captain R Sterne became Chief Constable and when Captain Merridith was the Chief. Mr Tydeman first served
in the Force at Devizes, and later removed to Derry Hill, near Calne and Chippenham. While here he was promoted Sergeant, in the year 1870 and went to Donhead St
Mary, removing thence to Wanborough in January 1885. After serving nine years here, he retired on a pension, in 1892. He has resided at Wanborough ever
since, enjoying his well deserved pension. Mr Tydeman married a daughter of the late Mr Daniel Harvey of Stanton St Bernard near Devizes, who died many years ago,
and he married a second time; his second wife survives him.
There were eight children by the first wife - six sons and two daughters - and of these five sons and one daughter survive and all the sons attended the funeral. Three
of the sons are builders, one being at South Lambeth, and two at partnership in Swindon. The other two sons both served in the Metropolitan Police, one retiring with the
rank of Inspector, and the other a Sergeant. Both of these are now, singularly enough, Inspectors under the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children,
in University Cities - one at Oxford and the other at Cambridge. Deceased was devoted to his home and his family and his children mourn the loss of a most kind hearted,
loving father.
The funeral service at Wanborough Church was conducted by the vicar, the Revd. C F Burgess and the deceased was buried in the grave where lie the remains of his first wife.
The chief mourners were the deceased widow and his five sons, Messrs. Harvey James, Daniel Frank, William Henry, Charles Wesley, and Walter Edward.
Deceased's only daughter Mrs M Mizen of Salisbury was unable to attend. The other family mourners were Mrs M A Clarke (only surviving sister) and deceased's
daughters in law, also the following grandchildren, Mrs Ball (Elsie), Misses Dorothy and Hilda Tydeman, Mr W H Tydeman, Misses Lillian and Doris Tydeman, Master Edward
Tydeman and Miss Mary Molton (Highworth). Others present included Mr J Molton (Highworth), Mr and Mrs Robert Hawkins (Aldbourne), Mr & Mrs George Ball
(Swindon), Mr and Mrs David Titchener (Little Hinton), Mr & Mrs John Bray, Mrs Fred Hinton, Mrs J Herring, Miss Titcombe, Mrs Colewell, Mrs Poole, etc.
The Police Force was represented by Superintendent H W Moore, Swindon Borough Police, Superintendent G Millard (County Police), Sergeant T Hill (Wroughton), and six
Constables who officiated as bearers, ex-Inspector John Brinsden, and ex-Constable W Tilley.
The coffin was polished elm, with brass fittings, and bore the inscription, "William Tydeman, died June 2nd 1918, aged 80 years." There were numerous beautiful wreathes
and other floral tributes sent by sorrowing relatives and friends.
Source: Swindon Evening Advertiser - June 14 1918, Page 4
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