The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W C Davey

Photograph by "Jared"

Private William Charles DAVEY, G/13381, 2nd / 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Egypt, death assumed as on or after 4th November 1917, age 27.

Born Bromley-by-Bow, London, E, son of Inkerman & Sarah Davey, of 115, Victoria Road, Bromley, Kent.

14th August 1892, St Gabriel, Crisp Street, Tower Hamlets, baptism of William Davey, son of Inkerman, (carpenter), & Sarah Davey, of 12 Lion Street.

also - 14th August 1892, St Gabriel, Crisp Street, Tower Hamlets, baptism of Florence May Davey, daughter of Inkerman, (carpenter), & Sarah Davey, of 12 Lion Street.

1911 Census - 115, Victoria Road, Bromley, Kent - Inkerman Davey, head, age 45, married, carpenter, born Hoxton; Sarah Davey, wife, age 45, married 22 years, 8 children, 5 still alive, born Bromley by Bow;William Davey, son, age 20, single, fishmonger, born Bromley by Bow; Albert Davey, son, age 15, single, milkman, born Bromley, Kent; Rosea Davey, daughter, age 13, born Bromley, Kent; Lilly Davey, daughter, age 11, born Bromley, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 25 years & 10 months, height 5ft 8½ inches, weight 151lbs. Resided 115 Victoria Road, Bromley Common, Kent. Formerly warehouseman.

Home, 15th February 1916 to 2nd October 1916; BEF 3rd October 1916 to 6th May 1917; Home, 7th May 1917 to 25th August 1917; MEF 26th August 1917 to 4th November 1917.

Enlisted 15th February 1916; 16th February 1916, to Army Reserve; 19th April 1916, mobilized; 21st April 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd October 1916, posted BEF & embarked; 17th October 1916, joined 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th February 1917, awarded 21 days Field Punishment No.1.; 3rd May 1917, wounded in action; 4th May 1917, 6 Stationary Hospital, Fresent,? gun shot wound left side chest; 5th May 1917, 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux; 7th May 1917, Boulogne, 2 Australian General Hospital; 7th May 1917, to England, hospital ship "Peiter de Conick"; 7th May 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th May to 6th July 1917, 3rd Western General Hospital Cardiff; 16th July 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th August 1917, posted Egypt; 26th August 1917, embarked; 18th September 1917, Alexandria, disembarked; 6th October 1917, joined 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, in the Field; 4th November 1917, posted missing.

25th November 1920, Statement of Relatives - Father, Inkerman Davey, 115 Victoria Road, Bromley Common, Kent; Mother, Sarah Davey, deceased; Brother - * Albert Davey, age 25, 115 Victoria Road, Bromley Common, Kent; Sisters - Annie Davey, age, 27, 115 Victoria Road, Bromley Common, Kent; Rosea Davey, age 22, 115 Victoria Road, Bromley Common, Kent; Lilley Davey, age 20, 115 Victoria Road, Bromley Common, Kent.

* Albert Arthur Davey also served in Royal West Kent Regiment.

Commemorated at Jerusalem Memorial, Panel 41, Israel / Bromley War Memorial.

This page was last updated on 24-Feb-2021.