Selected Biographies

Tylor, Anne Helena – Born: Oxted, Surrey on 6.4.1916.[1]  Parents: Dr Christopher Tylor (General Practitioner) [see details below] and Dorothy Violet [née Hodgkinson].  Home: The Elms, Hall Street, Long Melford (1921).  Married: Ian Clayton McKenzie.  Service Record: Anne enlisted with the Women’s Royal Naval Service on 18.3.1942.[2]  Died: Brockenhurst, Hampshire on 14.10.2006.

Tylor, Dr Christopher [MA, MD, BC, MRCS, LRCP] – Born: Chislehurst, Kent on 9.5.1880.[3].  Parents: William Alfred Tylor (Brass Founder) and Jessie [née Charlesworth].  Family Connections: Father to Anne Helena Tylor [b1916]. Home: Willow Grove, Chislehurst, Kent (1881 to 1891), Beechcroft, Church Lane, Oxsted, Surrey [1913], The Elms, Hall Street, Long Melford [1915] to (1939), The Old House Cottage, Combe, Oxfordshire [1981]. Occupation: House Surgeon at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and later at the West London Hospital.[4]  Physician (1911 to 1921), Certifying Factory Surgeon, Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator [1925 and 1937],[5] Medical Practitioner (1939).  Married: Dorothy Violet Hodgkinson in 1910.  Service Record: During the First World War Christopher held a temporary commission as a Captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps, being posted to Salonika from 7.9.1916.[6]  In 1922 he is recorded as one of the 14 vice-presidents of the Long Melford Ex-Service Men’s Club.  Died: Combe, Oxfordshire on 10.10.1981.[7]

Notes – [1] Baptism Register 14.5.1916 St Marys Church, Oxted, Surrey.  [2] London Gazette 3.4.1942.  [3] 1939 Register.  [4] The Medical Directory [London: J. and A. Churchill Ltd., 1935], p.1267.  [5] Kelly’s Directory for Suffolk. [6] Supplement to the London Gazette 28.9.1917.  See also his Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372]. [7] National Probate Calendar.