The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant D A Cathcart

Photograph by "Jofen"

Holy Cross Church, Bearsted, Kent

Second Lieutenant David Andrew CATHCART, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, 13th July 1916, aged 33.

31st August 1884, born Ballymena, County Antrim.

1909, December Quarter, Canterbury District, married Husband of Emma Mahala Weeks.

Father of Ewart Aliwal Andrew Cathcart, and Hazel May Cathcart, of The White Lodge, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - Netheravon Cavalry School, Netheravon S O, Wiltshire - David Cathcart, Sergeant, 2nd Dragoons, age 27, married born Ballymena, Antrim, Ireland.

1911 Census - 113 Longfront Street, Canterbury, Kent - Henry Weeks, head, age 65, married, domestic chaffeur, born Egerton, Kent; Emma Weeks, wife, age 60, married 40 years, 3 children, all still alive, boarding house keeper, born Ulcombe, Kent; Bertha Weeks, daughter, age 39, single, assisting in the business, born Maidstone, Kent; Emma Mahala Cathcart, daughter, age 30, married, 1 child, still alive, born Canterbury, Kent; Ewart Aliwal Andrew Cathcart, grandson, age 6 months, born Tidworth, Wiltshire; John James Robinson, boarder, age 74, single, Lieutenant Colonel, Army Pensioner, born Brighton, Sussex; Percy Leonard Collier, boarder, age 22, single, furniture salesman, born Worcester, Worcestershire; Florence Goodrich, boarder, age 21, single, teacher of drill & games, born Bolton, Lancashire; George Cooper, boarder, age 46, married, architect, born London; Lottie Warren Cooper, boarder, age 46, married 23 years, 2 children, both still alive, born London.

Previously Sergeant (5066) & Second Lieutenant in 2nd Dragoons.

17th August 1914, posted BEF; 1st December 1915, Commissioned.

13th July 1917, Probate - Cathcart Emma Mahala, of The White Lodge, Bearsted, Kent, widow died 19th March 1917. Administration (limited) London 13th July to Emma Weeks, widow, Effects £158 1s 1d.

21st August 1917, Probate - Cathcart David, of The White Lodge, Bearsted, Kent, Second Lieutenant, Royal West Kent Regiment, died 14th July 1916 in FRance on Active Service. Administration (with Will limited) London 21st August, to Emma Weeks, widow, Effects £131 7s 9d.

12th December 1917, Miss Bertha Weeks applies for the 1914 Star in respect of the Services of the late 2/Lt D A Cathcart, 2nd Dragoons. 4th November 1918, further letter from Miss B Weeks,

Buried at Peronne Road Cemetery, I. D. 17, Maricourt, Somme, France & commemorated at 1st Ballymena Presbyterian Church & Bearsted Church War Memorial

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