Francis Harry CULPIN

1906 - 1991  (84 years)

• Name	Francis Harry CULPIN
  Birth	19 Sep 1906	Ewshott, Surrey   [1, 2]
  Christening	09 Dec 1906	Crookham, Berks   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	2 Apr 1911	Bloomfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa   [3]
  19 Bde, RFA, Tempe, Bloomfontein age 4
  Residence	1928-1940	Japan   [4]
  Newspaper Report	18 Jun 1946	Gloucester, Gloucs   [4]
  GLOUCESTER CITIZEN: GLO'STER OFFICER HONOURED Wing Commander Francis Culpin (39), son of Captain and Mrs Harry Culpin, of the Prince of Wales, Station-road, Gloucester, has been awarded the Legion of Merit Degree of Officer, by President Truman, of the U.S.A. The official citation quotes: "As British liaison officer, Special Branch Military Intelligence Service, Wing Commander Culpin performed outstanding services during the period January to May 1944. His knowledge of the Japanese Army Air Forces' order of battle did much to organise a research organisation which became the leading Allied agency for air intelligence in the war against Japan." An old Cryptian, and graduate of Queen's (sic) College, Cambridge, he went to Japan in 1928 as a representative of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, and remained there until 1940, when he returned to England to join the Royal Air Force. He went to Singapore in 1941, and escaped to Sumatra before the fall. In 1944, he became attached to the American Forces as British Liaison Officer. He has now returned to Japan in the service of the Asiatic Petroleum Company.
  Death	11 Sep 1991	Weybridge, Surrey   [5, 6]
  Probate	24 Feb 1992	Winchester, Hants   [6]
  Notes	also wife and son [7] Sailed from Yokohama on 14 September 1940; also wife and two sons [7] Departure Contact: Benedicta Culpin, mother; Arrival Contact: Dorothy Culpin, wife [7]
  Person ID	I4942	Freeman-Culpin | Culpin descendants
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Harry CULPIN,   b. 19 Apr 1877, Tur Langton, Leics d. 04 Oct 1948, Gloucester, Gloucs (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Benedicta Jane RHYDDERCH,   b. 07 Jun 1875, Cinderford, Gloucs d. 1971, Gloucester, Gloucs (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	07 Aug 1897	Colchester, Essex   [2, 8]
  Family ID	F1775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy May DOWD,   b. 14 Sep 1906, Leavenworth, Texas, USA d. 1979, Chelsea, London (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Between 1931 and 1935	Yokohama, Japan   [9]
  Children	+ 1. Roger CULPIN,   b. 24 Dec 1936, Seiryori, Seoul, Korea d. 20 Mar 1979, Ploughley, Oxon (Age 42 years)   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F1779	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S173] GRO BMD Indexes 1837-2018, (www.ancestry.co.uk), DQ1906, Hartley W, 2c 184. [S296] Royal Field Artillery, 1895-1920, Military Service Record, Harry Culpin, (UK, National Archives, Kew). [s33] Census, (www.ancestry.co.uk), RG14PN34976 RD641 SD1 ED15 SN9999. [S290] British Newspaper Archive, (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk). [S173] GRO BMD Indexes 1837-2018, (www.ancestry.co.uk), Sep1991, Surrey Northern, 17 306, age 85 . [S255] E&W National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills & Administrations) 1858-1966, 1973-1995, (www.ancestry.co.uk). [s173] GRO BMD Indexes 1837-2018, (www.ancestry.co.uk), Canada to US Crossings Index. [S173] GRO BMD Indexes 1837-2018, (www.ancestry.co.uk), SQ1897, Colchester, 4a 1035. [S99] FindMyPast, (www.findmypast.co.uk), GRO Consular Marriages 1849-1965. page 29, Vol 250