Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Montgomery Archdale, DSO
The Royal Horse Artillery.
Mentioned in dispatches.
Aged 45.
Son of the late Nicholas Montgomery Archdale and Adelaide Mary Porter Archdale, of Crock-na-Crieve, Co. Fermanagh.
Husband of Helen Russel Archdale, 1876-1949.
He was a passenger on board The Leinster, which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, enroute from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire] to Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, on the morning of 10 October 1918.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
Lt.-Col. Theodore Montgomery Archdale was born on 24 September 1873, at Edinburgh, son of Nicholas Montgomery Archdale and Adelaide Mary Porter Archdale.
He married Helen Alexander Russel, daughter of Alexander Russel and Helen De Lacy Evans, on 9 October 1901.
Her father was the editor of "The Scotsman" newspaper.
He was educated at Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, England.
He entered the military in 1894, serving in the Royal Artillery. He fought in the Boer War 1899-1901, where he was mentioned in dispatches.
The mention was in respect of the manner in which Lieut. T.M. Archdale withdrew the battery waggons under heavy fire in Jan-Feb. 1900.
In Sept. 1901, Captain T.M. Archdale is again mentioned for special meritorious service.
He was gazetted as a Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) on 27 February 1901. He fought in the First World War.
He attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery.
He was the father of,
Nicholas Montgomery Archdale, 1902-1955,
Alexander Mervyn Archdale, 1905-1986,
Helen Elizabeth Archdale, 1907-2000,
His wife Helen separated from him in or about 1911.
She was a radical feminist, an early suffragette
See
Helen Archdale
Col. Archdale was buried in the grounds of St. John's [Church of Ireland] Church, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin.
It is likely, but not absolutely certain, that the photo shown is his grave, because the wording on the monument is almost illegible.
The name Thomas Montgomery appears to the first name recorded on the front panel of the monument
The Royal Horse Artillery.
Mentioned in dispatches.
Aged 45.
Son of the late Nicholas Montgomery Archdale and Adelaide Mary Porter Archdale, of Crock-na-Crieve, Co. Fermanagh.
Husband of Helen Russel Archdale, 1876-1949.
He was a passenger on board The Leinster, which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, enroute from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire] to Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, on the morning of 10 October 1918.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
Lt.-Col. Theodore Montgomery Archdale was born on 24 September 1873, at Edinburgh, son of Nicholas Montgomery Archdale and Adelaide Mary Porter Archdale.
He married Helen Alexander Russel, daughter of Alexander Russel and Helen De Lacy Evans, on 9 October 1901.
Her father was the editor of "The Scotsman" newspaper.
He was educated at Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, England.
He entered the military in 1894, serving in the Royal Artillery. He fought in the Boer War 1899-1901, where he was mentioned in dispatches.
The mention was in respect of the manner in which Lieut. T.M. Archdale withdrew the battery waggons under heavy fire in Jan-Feb. 1900.
In Sept. 1901, Captain T.M. Archdale is again mentioned for special meritorious service.
He was gazetted as a Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) on 27 February 1901. He fought in the First World War.
He attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery.
He was the father of,
Nicholas Montgomery Archdale, 1902-1955,
Alexander Mervyn Archdale, 1905-1986,
Helen Elizabeth Archdale, 1907-2000,
His wife Helen separated from him in or about 1911.
She was a radical feminist, an early suffragette
See
Helen Archdale
Col. Archdale was buried in the grounds of St. John's [Church of Ireland] Church, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin.
It is likely, but not absolutely certain, that the photo shown is his grave, because the wording on the monument is almost illegible.
The name Thomas Montgomery appears to the first name recorded on the front panel of the monument
Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Montgomery Archdale, DSO
The Royal Horse Artillery.
Mentioned in dispatches.
Aged 45.
Son of the late Nicholas Montgomery Archdale and Adelaide Mary Porter Archdale, of Crock-na-Crieve, Co. Fermanagh.
Husband of Helen Russel Archdale, 1876-1949.
He was a passenger on board The Leinster, which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, enroute from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire] to Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, on the morning of 10 October 1918.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
Lt.-Col. Theodore Montgomery Archdale was born on 24 September 1873, at Edinburgh, son of Nicholas Montgomery Archdale and Adelaide Mary Porter Archdale.
He married Helen Alexander Russel, daughter of Alexander Russel and Helen De Lacy Evans, on 9 October 1901.
Her father was the editor of "The Scotsman" newspaper.
He was educated at Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, England.
He entered the military in 1894, serving in the Royal Artillery. He fought in the Boer War 1899-1901, where he was mentioned in dispatches.
The mention was in respect of the manner in which Lieut. T.M. Archdale withdrew the battery waggons under heavy fire in Jan-Feb. 1900.
In Sept. 1901, Captain T.M. Archdale is again mentioned for special meritorious service.
He was gazetted as a Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) on 27 February 1901. He fought in the First World War.
He attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery.
He was the father of,
Nicholas Montgomery Archdale, 1902-1955,
Alexander Mervyn Archdale, 1905-1986,
Helen Elizabeth Archdale, 1907-2000,
His wife Helen separated from him in or about 1911.
She was a radical feminist, an early suffragette
See
Helen Archdale
Col. Archdale was buried in the grounds of St. John's [Church of Ireland] Church, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin.
It is likely, but not absolutely certain, that the photo shown is his grave, because the wording on the monument is almost illegible.
The name Thomas Montgomery appears to the first name recorded on the front panel of the monument
The Royal Horse Artillery.
Mentioned in dispatches.
Aged 45.
Son of the late Nicholas Montgomery Archdale and Adelaide Mary Porter Archdale, of Crock-na-Crieve, Co. Fermanagh.
Husband of Helen Russel Archdale, 1876-1949.
He was a passenger on board The Leinster, which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, enroute from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire] to Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, on the morning of 10 October 1918.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
Lt.-Col. Theodore Montgomery Archdale was born on 24 September 1873, at Edinburgh, son of Nicholas Montgomery Archdale and Adelaide Mary Porter Archdale.
He married Helen Alexander Russel, daughter of Alexander Russel and Helen De Lacy Evans, on 9 October 1901.
Her father was the editor of "The Scotsman" newspaper.
He was educated at Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, England.
He entered the military in 1894, serving in the Royal Artillery. He fought in the Boer War 1899-1901, where he was mentioned in dispatches.
The mention was in respect of the manner in which Lieut. T.M. Archdale withdrew the battery waggons under heavy fire in Jan-Feb. 1900.
In Sept. 1901, Captain T.M. Archdale is again mentioned for special meritorious service.
He was gazetted as a Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) on 27 February 1901. He fought in the First World War.
He attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery.
He was the father of,
Nicholas Montgomery Archdale, 1902-1955,
Alexander Mervyn Archdale, 1905-1986,
Helen Elizabeth Archdale, 1907-2000,
His wife Helen separated from him in or about 1911.
She was a radical feminist, an early suffragette
See
Helen Archdale
Col. Archdale was buried in the grounds of St. John's [Church of Ireland] Church, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin.
It is likely, but not absolutely certain, that the photo shown is his grave, because the wording on the monument is almost illegible.
The name Thomas Montgomery appears to the first name recorded on the front panel of the monument
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