Thomas Joseph Desmond RAF (1901 - 1988)

Born 4 Nov 1901 in Cork, Ireland

Husband of Elsie (Fraser) Desmond — married 10 Oct 1929 in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England

Died 3 Aug 1988 at age 86 in Brading, Isle of Wight, England

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Biography

Life events

Thomas Joseph Desmond was born in 1901 at Cork, the son of William Desmond, coachman, and Minnie Foley.^[1]

On the 10th October 1929, he married Elsie Fraser at Cowes, Isle of Wight.^[2][3]

Wing Commander Thomas Joseph Desmond, RAF, died at Brading on the Isle of Wight, on the 3rd August 1988, aged eighty-six years.^[4][5]

Career notes

On 20th December 1921, Thomas Joseph Desmond passed out of the Royal Air Force (Cadet) College, commissioned as a Pilot Officer.^[6]

In 1939, Mr. Desmond was promoted to the rank of Wing Commander.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ General Record Office, Ireland. Civil registration of a birth. Thomas Joseph Desmond, born 4th November 1901 at Grange, district of Douglas, Union of Cork, county Cork; son of William Desmond, Coachman, and Minnie Desmond formerly Foley, of Grange; informant: Minnie Desmond, mother; registered 25th November 1901; W.E. Burke, Registrar. Archival ref. nos. 01746310/215. Digital image online at Irish Genealogy, hosted by the Department of Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, www.civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-15).
2. ↑ Portsmouth Evening News, 12 October 1929 (pg 14). “R.A.F. Wedding at Cowes. Speed Pilot’s Twin Brother as Best Man.” Wedding of Flight Lieut. Thomas Joseph Demond, R.A.F., and Miss Elsie Fraser. Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-19).
3. ↑ Index of civil registrations of marriages, England. Thomas J Desmond and Elsie Fraser, 4th quarter ending 31st December 1928, Isle of Wight RD, vol. 2b, pg. 1629. Index and digital image online at FreeBMD, www.freebmd.org.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-22).
4. ↑ National Probate Calendar, England and Wales. “DESMOND, Thomas Joseph, of Wayside, Morton Rd., Brading, I of W [Isle of Wight], died 3 August 1988; Probate: Winchester, 25 November [1988]. 8852424618H.” (ref. 1988, pg. 2211.) Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-08-19, by subscription).
5. ↑ Index of civil registrations of deaths, England. Thomas Joseph Desmond, born 4th November 1901, died in August 1988, aged 86 years, Isle of Wight RD, vol. 20, pg 1968. Index and digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-08-19).
6. ↑ London Gazette. No. 32586 (24th January, 1922). “Air Ministry, 24th January, 1922. Royal Air Force. General Duties Branch. The undermentioned Flight Cadets having successfully passed out of the R.A.F. (Cadet) College, are granted permanent commissions as Pilot Officers, with effect from the 20th Dec. 1921: … Thomas Joseph Desmond. …” Digital image online at www.thegazette.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-19).
7. ↑ London Gazette. No. 34613 (4 April 1939, pg 2262). “Air Ministry, 4th April 1939. Royal Air Force. … The undermentioned Squadron Leaders are promoted to the rank of Wing Commander. 1st Apr. 1939: … Thomas Joseph Desmond.” Digital image online at www.thegazette.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-19).