Editing Gerald Templer (section)

==Early life and education==
Gerald Walter Robert Templer was born on 11 September 1898 at 15 Wellesley Road, in [[Colchester]], [[Essex]], the son (and only child) of Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Francis Templer, of the [[Royal Irish Fusiliers]], and Mabel Eileen Templer (née Johnston). Of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent, Templer attended an infant school at [[Roslin, Midlothian|Rosslyn]], [[Scotland]], before being sent to [[Edinburgh Academy]] in 1904, later attending a preparatory boarding school at Connaught House, Weymouth, from 1909 until 1911.<ref>Cloake, pps. 5–9</ref> In January 1912 he was sent to [[Wellington College, Berkshire]] and stayed there until shortly after his 17th birthday in September 1915, a year into the [[World War I|First World War]].<ref name=odnb>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31747 |title=Gerald Templer |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31747 |access-date=2 January 2012}}</ref> His time at Wellington was, due mainly to initially being severely bullied, not the happiest period of his life, as he later wrote "I loathed and detested my four years at Wellington", although he also admitted to making numerous friends there.<ref>Cloake, pps. 12–13</ref>