Brigadier Gwyn Gwyn-Thomas C. M. G..D. S. O.

  General Notes:

The Times (London) Thursday, Apr 24, 1924.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL G. GWYN-THOMAS AND MRS SALTREN-WILLETT.
At St. Jame's, Piccadilly, yesterday, the marriage took place very quietly of Brigadier-General Gwyn Gwyn-Thomas, C.M.O., D.S.O., to Mrs. Helen M. Saltren-Willett, widow of Colonel Saltren-Willett, Royal Artillery, of Petticombe, North Devon. Archdeacon Lambert officiated, and the bride was given away by her brother, Mr. A. Macdonald Baird. She wore a dress of pearl-grey marocain, draped with old Honiton lace, and a grey hat to match trimmed with blue grapes and a grey veil. In place of flowers Mrs. Saltren-Willett carried a Prayer-book, and she was unattended. Captain Cobb, 8th Hussars, was the best man. Among those present at the service were: -
Sir George and Lady Bullock, Sir Capel and Lady Holden, Mr. and Mrs. Widdicombe, Mrs. Eardley Howard, Commander Skinner, Mrs. Lionel Warren, Miss Gwn-Thomas, Mrs. Holland, Colonel and Mrs. Moore St. Leger, and Mrs. Macdonald Baird and Miss Baird.
Julie Otto notes:
Great-uncle Gwyn (don't know why he changed the name) appears in "Who Was Who" for 1946. He was born in Tiruchirupalli [Trichinopoly], Madras, in 1871, and was sent "home" in 1876 with his older sister, my paternal grandmother Hilda Margaret Rose Thomas (1869-1952), to live with their paternal grandmother and her maiden daughter at Weston-super-mare.

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. My connection to Julie Otto is as follows:
Julie Otto . . .
Her Great Uncle was . . .
Vivien Gwyn-Thomas (1905)
His father was Gwyn Thomas (1871) who married Alice Shackel (who died in 1920) who also married Arthur Bird (1865)
His father was Edward Bird (1824) who married Catherine Groube (c1824)
Her father was Thomas Groube (1774) & he also had Horatio Groube (1814)
He had George Groube (1847)
He had Edith Groube (1880) who married Percy Howe (1866)
His father was Robert Howe (1833)
His father was Frederick Howe (1805)
His father was James Howe (1777)
His father was George Howe (1741) & he also had Sarah Howe (1775)
She had Alexander Moss (1811)
She had James Moss (1846)
He had Laura Kershaw Waldock or Moss (1864)
She had Winthrop Larkinson (1889)
He had Dulcie Larkinson (1926) who married Colin Davies (1925)
She had me- Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Gwyn married Alice Laura (Laura) Shackel, daughter of George Shackel and Laura Augusta Culverwell, on 17 Aug 1904 in St Patricks, Hove, Sussex England. (Alice Laura (Laura) Shackel was born circa 1866 in Reading, Berkshire England and died on 18 May 1920 in Rawal, Pindi, India.)

Gwyn next married Helen Margaret Baird on 23 Apr 1924 in St Martins, Kentish Town, London, Middlesex England. (Helen Margaret Baird was born circa 1890 and died on 21 Oct 1946 in “Ayrlea”, Exmouth England.)