Thomas James Stockall
Thomas James Stockall (c1860- ), Managing Director of Messrs. J. J. Stockall and Sons Limited, and Lieutenant-Colonel of the 7th Volunteer Battalion, K.R.R. (Finsbury Rifles). [1]
1860 Born in St Luke, Middlesex, the son of John James Stockall, watch maker[2]
1891 Thomas J Stockall 31, manager wholesale clock and watch warehouse, lived in Edmonton with Emma Stockall 27, Marian Stockall 4, Lucy E Stockall 2 months[3]
1901 Director of watch and clock factory, lived with his family in Upper Holloway[4]
1909 Thomas James Stockall, a jeweller of Southend, confessed to stealing watches and jewelry from the warehouse of J. J. Stockall and Sons[5]
1909 Sentenced to 9 months imprisonment[6]
1909 "21st Middlesex (The Finsbury) Volunteer Rifle Corps; The permission to retain his rank and to wear his uniform on retirement granted to Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Thomas J. Stockall, and announced in the London Gazette of the 10th May, 1907, is cancelled. The award of the Volunteer Officers' Decoration to Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Thomas J. Stockall, which was announced in the London Gazette of the llth August, 1903, is cancelled, and his name erased From the registry of individuals upon whom His Majesty the King has been pleased to confer the Volunteer Officers' Decoration."[7]
1918 Changed his name to Thomas James by deed poll.
1918 He received a free pardon from the King and his rights to the rank were restored[8]