TOC H - The Prince of Wales lighting the Lamp of Maintenance at the Guildhall, London on Dec 15th name is an abbreviation for Talbot House, "Toc" signifies the letter T in the signals spelling alphabet used by the British Army in the First World War. A soldiers' rest and recreation centre named Talbot House was founded in December 1915 at Poperinghe / Poperinge / Pops, Belgium. The name Talbot represents Gilbert Talbot,son of Lavinia Talbot and Edward Talbot, then Bishop of Winchester, who had been killed at Hooge. original building at Poperinghe is now a museum and tourist centre.

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