The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H F Cawley

Photograph by "Jofen"

Private Harry Francis CAWLEY, G18355, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th October 1916, age 22.

Born Ipswich, Suffolk, son of Harry William and Emily Julia Cawley, of 27, Bromley Road, Colchester, Essex.

1911 Census - 27, Bromley Road, Bee Hive Inn, Parsons Heath, Colchester, Essex - Harry William Cawley, head, age 53, married, bricklayer, born Bardwell, Suffolk; Emily Julia Cawley, wife, age 59, married 26 years, 7 children, 4 still alive, born Waldingfield, Suffolk; William Archibald Cawley, son, age 20, single, steam traction cultivator, born Ipswich, Suffolk; Gertrude Cawley, daughter, age 21, single, born Ipswich, Suffolk; Harry Francis Cawley, son, age 17, single, general labourer, born Ipswich, Suffolk; William Sparrow, boarder, age 19, single, horseman on farm, born Wivenhoe, Essex.

Enlisted Carlisle, age 22 year & 9 months, height 5ft 4 inches. Resided 16 Henslow Road, Ipswich, Suffolk. Formerly bricklayer.

Home 1st March 1916 to 5th September 1916; BEF 6th September 1916 to 7th October 1916.

1st March 1916, enlisted; 1st March 1916, to Army Reserve; 8th April 1916, mobilized; 11th April 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, 13222; 1st September 1916, transferred to Training Reserve, 23rd Battalion, posted 99th Battalion, TR/10/40302; 6th September 1916, posted BEF & 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th September 1916, embarked; 6th September 1916, disembarked; 18th September 1916, joined Battalion; 7th October 1916, posted missing.

2nd September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Harry W Cawley, 27, Bromley Road, Colchester, Essex; Mother, Emily J Cawley, 27, Bromley Road, Colchester, Essex; Brother - William A Cawley, age 28, 27, Bromley Road, Colchester, Essex; Sisters - Amelia E Cotton, age 34, 15 Stanhope Road, Dover, Kent; Gertrude H Cawley, age 30, 27, Bromley Road, Colchester, Essex; Maggie Polley, age 40, St Johns Lane, Parsons Heath, Colchester, Essex; Alice A Kerry, age 37, No.6. Ipswich Road, Colchester, Essex.

Buried at Warlencourt British Cemetery, V. F. 26., Pas de Calais, France.

This page was last updated on 16-Oct-2017.