John Borthwick WILSON was the eldest child of John Gilchrist WILSON (1867-1915) who was born in Lanark, Partick of Scottish descent, and Bine BALL (1867-1936) from Strood, Kent.
The married couple settled in Halling and were both Secretaries at a local cement works. Almost 9 months after they married, their first child John Borthwick was born. He was the eldest of 4: Dorothy Sabina Catherine (1902-1980), James William Gilchrist (1903-1983) and William Ball (1905-1978).
By 1915, it appears that the family had moved to 'Warwick House', Main Road, Sidcup, Kent. John Borthwick signed up for the Territorial Army on 9th January 1915. His attestation states he had been in the Officer Training Corps (OTC) from 1909. This implies he went to public school as the OTC was part of the extra-curricular activities for such fee-paying schools and it was a natural progression for those in the OTC to join the Territorial Army during WW1. He was 14 when he joined the Territorial Army (Home Service) Army Service Corp, 1st Reserves, London Division. It is not known what service he undertook during the First World War.
In 1922 John Borthwick married Agnes Blanche NEWELL (1899-1983) in Thanet. Around this time he joined the Reserve of Air Force Officers as a Pilot Officer in the General Duties Branch passing his probation period on the 1st of October 1922.
On 24th October 1924, the couple lost their infant son "Peter". There are no details appearing on Ancestry.com for Peter or John Alexander Borthwick WILSON (1928-1953) who may have been their only other child.
In 1923 John Borthwick had been promoted to Flying Officer and then on 1st April 1929 to Flight Lieutenant.
In 1933, John Borthwick and Agnes Blanche are found living at 11 Harlington Road East, Feltham, Surrey and in 1939 at "Carmel", London Road, Egham, Chertsey, Surrey.
John Borthwick remained as a Flight Lieutenant for just over 10 years, on the 19th June 1939 moving to the Air Branch of the Royal Navy for a short term commission at the rank of Lieutenant Commander as the threat of war loomed.
It seems likely from being in the Army Service Corps during WW1 and his change of classification that John Borthwick was in more of an administrative / organising role, rather than a hands on pilot.
On the 10th July 1939, aged 38, he was assigned Commanding Officer of 765 Squadron Fleet Air Arm (FAA) [HMS Daedalus (Royal Navy Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] and acceded to the rank of Commander on the 31st December 1941.
From the 4th April 1942 to August 1943, John Borthwick was stationed at HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Cornwall) after which there is no appointment listed until April 1944 when he is back at HMS Vulture for two months until June when he is appointed to the Admiralty, Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department in London [HMS President] for a further two months.
On the 23rd August 1944 he is once again Commanding Officer of a Royal Navy Air Station, this time HMS Flycatcher at Ludham Norfolk and also (possibly the first) Senior Officer of Mobile Naval Airfields Organisation (SOMNAO).
That November, until July 1945 John Borthwick was on the staff of Flag Officer Naval Air Stations Australia (HMS Golden Hind) at the Royal Navy Manning Depot in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, probably still contributing to the MNAO over there until the end of the War on the 2nd September 1945.
On the 23rd November 1945 he returned to the UK stationed at the Royal Navy Air Station at Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire (HMS Ringtail) until April 1946. After a year without a command, John Borthwick was once again at the Admiralty, in the Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, London (HMS President) for 11 months, and then for a couple of months in the Air Equipment Department until July 1948. Another gap and then a posting back to HMS President between October 1949 and May 1950 carrying out "miscellaneous services". These years after the war were likely in a senior role during the decommissioning process.
He finally retired from the Royal Navy on the13th May 1953, aged 52.
On 3rd March 1953, shortly before retiring, John Borthwick and Agnes Blanche's only surviving son died in India. He was working for the Karachi Indian Administration which had been in the newly formed Pakistan since 1947. He was only 25 years old.
It is not known when the WILSON's moved to Birchington or why they settled there, though it was likely this is where they retired to. John Borthwick died on the 8th February 1973. They were living was 18 Harold Road, Birchington and he left £4830.
Agnes Blanche outlived her husband by 10 years, dying in January 1983 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire where she lived at 15 Beech Close, Hanwood. It is no known when or what her connection with the area was. Her estate was worth £62001 at the time.
The married couple settled in Halling and were both Secretaries at a local cement works. Almost 9 months after they married, their first child John Borthwick was born. He was the eldest of 4: Dorothy Sabina Catherine (1902-1980), James William Gilchrist (1903-1983) and William Ball (1905-1978).
By 1915, it appears that the family had moved to 'Warwick House', Main Road, Sidcup, Kent. John Borthwick signed up for the Territorial Army on 9th January 1915. His attestation states he had been in the Officer Training Corps (OTC) from 1909. This implies he went to public school as the OTC was part of the extra-curricular activities for such fee-paying schools and it was a natural progression for those in the OTC to join the Territorial Army during WW1. He was 14 when he joined the Territorial Army (Home Service) Army Service Corp, 1st Reserves, London Division. It is not known what service he undertook during the First World War.
In 1922 John Borthwick married Agnes Blanche NEWELL (1899-1983) in Thanet. Around this time he joined the Reserve of Air Force Officers as a Pilot Officer in the General Duties Branch passing his probation period on the 1st of October 1922.
On 24th October 1924, the couple lost their infant son "Peter". There are no details appearing on Ancestry.com for Peter or John Alexander Borthwick WILSON (1928-1953) who may have been their only other child.
In 1923 John Borthwick had been promoted to Flying Officer and then on 1st April 1929 to Flight Lieutenant.
In 1933, John Borthwick and Agnes Blanche are found living at 11 Harlington Road East, Feltham, Surrey and in 1939 at "Carmel", London Road, Egham, Chertsey, Surrey.
John Borthwick remained as a Flight Lieutenant for just over 10 years, on the 19th June 1939 moving to the Air Branch of the Royal Navy for a short term commission at the rank of Lieutenant Commander as the threat of war loomed.
It seems likely from being in the Army Service Corps during WW1 and his change of classification that John Borthwick was in more of an administrative / organising role, rather than a hands on pilot.
On the 10th July 1939, aged 38, he was assigned Commanding Officer of 765 Squadron Fleet Air Arm (FAA) [HMS Daedalus (Royal Navy Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] and acceded to the rank of Commander on the 31st December 1941.
From the 4th April 1942 to August 1943, John Borthwick was stationed at HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Cornwall) after which there is no appointment listed until April 1944 when he is back at HMS Vulture for two months until June when he is appointed to the Admiralty, Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department in London [HMS President] for a further two months.
On the 23rd August 1944 he is once again Commanding Officer of a Royal Navy Air Station, this time HMS Flycatcher at Ludham Norfolk and also (possibly the first) Senior Officer of Mobile Naval Airfields Organisation (SOMNAO).
That November, until July 1945 John Borthwick was on the staff of Flag Officer Naval Air Stations Australia (HMS Golden Hind) at the Royal Navy Manning Depot in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, probably still contributing to the MNAO over there until the end of the War on the 2nd September 1945.
On the 23rd November 1945 he returned to the UK stationed at the Royal Navy Air Station at Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire (HMS Ringtail) until April 1946. After a year without a command, John Borthwick was once again at the Admiralty, in the Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, London (HMS President) for 11 months, and then for a couple of months in the Air Equipment Department until July 1948. Another gap and then a posting back to HMS President between October 1949 and May 1950 carrying out "miscellaneous services". These years after the war were likely in a senior role during the decommissioning process.
He finally retired from the Royal Navy on the13th May 1953, aged 52.
On 3rd March 1953, shortly before retiring, John Borthwick and Agnes Blanche's only surviving son died in India. He was working for the Karachi Indian Administration which had been in the newly formed Pakistan since 1947. He was only 25 years old.
It is not known when the WILSON's moved to Birchington or why they settled there, though it was likely this is where they retired to. John Borthwick died on the 8th February 1973. They were living was 18 Harold Road, Birchington and he left £4830.
Agnes Blanche outlived her husband by 10 years, dying in January 1983 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire where she lived at 15 Beech Close, Hanwood. It is no known when or what her connection with the area was. Her estate was worth £62001 at the time.
John Borthwick WILSON was the eldest child of John Gilchrist WILSON (1867-1915) who was born in Lanark, Partick of Scottish descent, and Bine BALL (1867-1936) from Strood, Kent.
The married couple settled in Halling and were both Secretaries at a local cement works. Almost 9 months after they married, their first child John Borthwick was born. He was the eldest of 4: Dorothy Sabina Catherine (1902-1980), James William Gilchrist (1903-1983) and William Ball (1905-1978).
By 1915, it appears that the family had moved to 'Warwick House', Main Road, Sidcup, Kent. John Borthwick signed up for the Territorial Army on 9th January 1915. His attestation states he had been in the Officer Training Corps (OTC) from 1909. This implies he went to public school as the OTC was part of the extra-curricular activities for such fee-paying schools and it was a natural progression for those in the OTC to join the Territorial Army during WW1. He was 14 when he joined the Territorial Army (Home Service) Army Service Corp, 1st Reserves, London Division. It is not known what service he undertook during the First World War.
In 1922 John Borthwick married Agnes Blanche NEWELL (1899-1983) in Thanet. Around this time he joined the Reserve of Air Force Officers as a Pilot Officer in the General Duties Branch passing his probation period on the 1st of October 1922.
On 24th October 1924, the couple lost their infant son "Peter". There are no details appearing on Ancestry.com for Peter or John Alexander Borthwick WILSON (1928-1953) who may have been their only other child.
In 1923 John Borthwick had been promoted to Flying Officer and then on 1st April 1929 to Flight Lieutenant.
In 1933, John Borthwick and Agnes Blanche are found living at 11 Harlington Road East, Feltham, Surrey and in 1939 at "Carmel", London Road, Egham, Chertsey, Surrey.
John Borthwick remained as a Flight Lieutenant for just over 10 years, on the 19th June 1939 moving to the Air Branch of the Royal Navy for a short term commission at the rank of Lieutenant Commander as the threat of war loomed.
It seems likely from being in the Army Service Corps during WW1 and his change of classification that John Borthwick was in more of an administrative / organising role, rather than a hands on pilot.
On the 10th July 1939, aged 38, he was assigned Commanding Officer of 765 Squadron Fleet Air Arm (FAA) [HMS Daedalus (Royal Navy Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] and acceded to the rank of Commander on the 31st December 1941.
From the 4th April 1942 to August 1943, John Borthwick was stationed at HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Cornwall) after which there is no appointment listed until April 1944 when he is back at HMS Vulture for two months until June when he is appointed to the Admiralty, Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department in London [HMS President] for a further two months.
On the 23rd August 1944 he is once again Commanding Officer of a Royal Navy Air Station, this time HMS Flycatcher at Ludham Norfolk and also (possibly the first) Senior Officer of Mobile Naval Airfields Organisation (SOMNAO).
That November, until July 1945 John Borthwick was on the staff of Flag Officer Naval Air Stations Australia (HMS Golden Hind) at the Royal Navy Manning Depot in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, probably still contributing to the MNAO over there until the end of the War on the 2nd September 1945.
On the 23rd November 1945 he returned to the UK stationed at the Royal Navy Air Station at Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire (HMS Ringtail) until April 1946. After a year without a command, John Borthwick was once again at the Admiralty, in the Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, London (HMS President) for 11 months, and then for a couple of months in the Air Equipment Department until July 1948. Another gap and then a posting back to HMS President between October 1949 and May 1950 carrying out "miscellaneous services". These years after the war were likely in a senior role during the decommissioning process.
He finally retired from the Royal Navy on the13th May 1953, aged 52.
On 3rd March 1953, shortly before retiring, John Borthwick and Agnes Blanche's only surviving son died in India. He was working for the Karachi Indian Administration which had been in the newly formed Pakistan since 1947. He was only 25 years old.
It is not known when the WILSON's moved to Birchington or why they settled there, though it was likely this is where they retired to. John Borthwick died on the 8th February 1973. They were living was 18 Harold Road, Birchington and he left £4830.
Agnes Blanche outlived her husband by 10 years, dying in January 1983 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire where she lived at 15 Beech Close, Hanwood. It is no known when or what her connection with the area was. Her estate was worth £62001 at the time.
The married couple settled in Halling and were both Secretaries at a local cement works. Almost 9 months after they married, their first child John Borthwick was born. He was the eldest of 4: Dorothy Sabina Catherine (1902-1980), James William Gilchrist (1903-1983) and William Ball (1905-1978).
By 1915, it appears that the family had moved to 'Warwick House', Main Road, Sidcup, Kent. John Borthwick signed up for the Territorial Army on 9th January 1915. His attestation states he had been in the Officer Training Corps (OTC) from 1909. This implies he went to public school as the OTC was part of the extra-curricular activities for such fee-paying schools and it was a natural progression for those in the OTC to join the Territorial Army during WW1. He was 14 when he joined the Territorial Army (Home Service) Army Service Corp, 1st Reserves, London Division. It is not known what service he undertook during the First World War.
In 1922 John Borthwick married Agnes Blanche NEWELL (1899-1983) in Thanet. Around this time he joined the Reserve of Air Force Officers as a Pilot Officer in the General Duties Branch passing his probation period on the 1st of October 1922.
On 24th October 1924, the couple lost their infant son "Peter". There are no details appearing on Ancestry.com for Peter or John Alexander Borthwick WILSON (1928-1953) who may have been their only other child.
In 1923 John Borthwick had been promoted to Flying Officer and then on 1st April 1929 to Flight Lieutenant.
In 1933, John Borthwick and Agnes Blanche are found living at 11 Harlington Road East, Feltham, Surrey and in 1939 at "Carmel", London Road, Egham, Chertsey, Surrey.
John Borthwick remained as a Flight Lieutenant for just over 10 years, on the 19th June 1939 moving to the Air Branch of the Royal Navy for a short term commission at the rank of Lieutenant Commander as the threat of war loomed.
It seems likely from being in the Army Service Corps during WW1 and his change of classification that John Borthwick was in more of an administrative / organising role, rather than a hands on pilot.
On the 10th July 1939, aged 38, he was assigned Commanding Officer of 765 Squadron Fleet Air Arm (FAA) [HMS Daedalus (Royal Navy Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] and acceded to the rank of Commander on the 31st December 1941.
From the 4th April 1942 to August 1943, John Borthwick was stationed at HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Cornwall) after which there is no appointment listed until April 1944 when he is back at HMS Vulture for two months until June when he is appointed to the Admiralty, Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department in London [HMS President] for a further two months.
On the 23rd August 1944 he is once again Commanding Officer of a Royal Navy Air Station, this time HMS Flycatcher at Ludham Norfolk and also (possibly the first) Senior Officer of Mobile Naval Airfields Organisation (SOMNAO).
That November, until July 1945 John Borthwick was on the staff of Flag Officer Naval Air Stations Australia (HMS Golden Hind) at the Royal Navy Manning Depot in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, probably still contributing to the MNAO over there until the end of the War on the 2nd September 1945.
On the 23rd November 1945 he returned to the UK stationed at the Royal Navy Air Station at Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire (HMS Ringtail) until April 1946. After a year without a command, John Borthwick was once again at the Admiralty, in the Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, London (HMS President) for 11 months, and then for a couple of months in the Air Equipment Department until July 1948. Another gap and then a posting back to HMS President between October 1949 and May 1950 carrying out "miscellaneous services". These years after the war were likely in a senior role during the decommissioning process.
He finally retired from the Royal Navy on the13th May 1953, aged 52.
On 3rd March 1953, shortly before retiring, John Borthwick and Agnes Blanche's only surviving son died in India. He was working for the Karachi Indian Administration which had been in the newly formed Pakistan since 1947. He was only 25 years old.
It is not known when the WILSON's moved to Birchington or why they settled there, though it was likely this is where they retired to. John Borthwick died on the 8th February 1973. They were living was 18 Harold Road, Birchington and he left £4830.
Agnes Blanche outlived her husband by 10 years, dying in January 1983 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire where she lived at 15 Beech Close, Hanwood. It is no known when or what her connection with the area was. Her estate was worth £62001 at the time.
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF "PETER", INFANT SON OF AGNES AND JOHN BORTHWICK WILSON, 24 OCT 1924
ALSO JOHN ALEXANDER BORTHWICK WILSON 1928-19631
AND THEIR FATHER, JOHN BORTHWICK WILSON CDR RN 1901-1973
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White marble desk with plinth behind. Slab and one side has become totally detached. One side of desk still attached to slab. Item from top of plinth stack is missing. Lead lettering. 2021 being cleaned by volunteers.
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