Toc H. The movement was founded in 1915 when Revd Philip (‘Tubby’) Clayton acquired a house in Poperinghe, near Ypres, as a rest-home for troops. It was called Talbot House, after Gilbert Talbot, son of the bishop of Winchester, who was killed in action, and was known by its Morse-code initials. Based upon Christian and charitable principles, the movement received strong support from Edward, prince of Wales, was given a royal charter in 1922, and had more than 1,000 branches throughout Britain and the empire. Its symbol was a lamp.

J. A. Cannon

Toc H in the UK, a society, originally of ex-service personnel, founded after the First World War by the Australian-born British clergyman Philip ‘Tubby’ Clayton (1885–1972) for promoting Christian fellowship and social service.

The name comes from toc (former telegraphy code for T) and H, from the initials of Talbot House, a soldier's club established in Belgium in 1915.

Toc H Talbot House (obsolete telegraphic code for its initials; original headquarters of the movement)