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     Joan Birdwood is the daughter of Captain Herbert Christopher Impey Birdwood and Ethel Frances Palin.¹ She married Cyril Norman.¹
     Her married name became Norman.¹

     Cyril Norman married Joan Birdwood, daughter of Captain Herbert Christopher Impey Birdwood and Ethel Frances Palin.¹
     Cyril Norman lived at Canada.¹

     Lt.-Col. Gordon Travers Birdwood was born on 24 January 1867.¹ He was the son of Herbert Mills Birdwood and Edith Marion Sidonie Impey.¹ He married, firstly, Dora Davis, daughter of John Samuel Champion Davis, in 1902.¹ He married, secondly, Alice Caroline Finlay, daughter of Colonel Henry Thomas Finlay, after 1905.¹ He died on 14 April 1945 at age 78.¹
     Lt.-Col. Gordon Travers Birdwood was educated at Clifton College, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.¹ He graduated from Peterhouse College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Master of Arts (M.A.).¹ He graduated with a Diploma in Public Health (D.P.H.).¹ He graduated with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.).¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Indian Medical Service.¹ He fought in the Arbor Expedition, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He fought in the Chitral Campaign.¹ He fought in the Waziristan Campaign.¹

     Dora Davis was the daughter of John Samuel Champion Davis.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Gordon Travers Birdwood, son of Herbert Mills Birdwood and Edith Marion Sidonie Impey, in 1902.¹ She died in 1905.¹
     From 1902, her married name became Birdwood.¹

     
     John Samuel Champion Davis lived at Kingford, Devon, England.¹ He was invested as a Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.).¹

     Lt.-Col. Richard Douglas Davis Birdwood was born on 5 January 1905.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Gordon Travers Birdwood and Dora Davis.¹ He married Phyllis Rosa Robinson, daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas Bilbe Robinson, in 1930.¹ He died on 9 May 1995 at age 90.¹
     Lt.-Col. Richard Douglas Davis Birdwood graduated from Peterhouse College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.).¹ He graduated from Peterhouse College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Master of Arts (M.A.).¹ He graduated from Peterhouse College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Surgery (B.Ch.).¹ He was registered as a Member, Royal College of Surgeons (M.R.C.S.).¹ He was registered as a Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, London (L.R.C.P.).¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Indian Medical Service.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was decorated with the Military Cross (M.C.).¹ He was Commander of the Military Hospital between 1945 and 1947 at Bannu, North-West Province, India.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Devon in 1962.¹ He held the office of Mayor of Bideford in 1963.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Devon in 1964.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Devon in 1964.¹

     Phyllis Rosa Robinson was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas Bilbe Robinson.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Richard Douglas Davis Birdwood, son of Lt.-Col. Gordon Travers Birdwood and Dora Davis, in 1930.¹ She died on 23 April 1997.¹
     From 1930, her married name became Birdwood.¹

     
     Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas Bilbe Robinson was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.).¹ He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.).¹

     Roger Halhed Bilbe Birdwood was born in 1932.¹ He is the son of Lt.-Col. Richard Douglas Davis Birdwood and Phyllis Rosa Robinson.¹ He married Cherry Harrison, daughter of Christopher Harrison, in 1960.¹

     Cherry Harrison is the daughter of Christopher Harrison.¹ She married Roger Halhed Bilbe Birdwood, son of Lt.-Col. Richard Douglas Davis Birdwood and Phyllis Rosa Robinson, in 1960.¹
     From 1960, her married name became Birdwood.¹