The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Sergeant C A Damary

Lance Sergeant Charles Alfred DAMARY, S/669, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after 26th September 1915.

Born Marylebone, London, Middlesex,

Previously served R.M. Barracks, Chatham - 12th August 1886 to 12th September 1896, time expired.

27th April 1894, Paddington Register Office, married Grace Ellen Ford, spinster.

Children - Violet Maud Damary, born 21st January 1901, Marylebone; Mary Daisy Damary, born 8th January 1903, Marylebone; William Rodney Damary, born 26th October 1904, Marylebone; Grace Lilian Damary, born 23rd December 1906, Marylebone; Alfred George Damary, born 21st September 1912, Marylebone.

1911 Census - 36 North Street, Marylebone, London, NW - Charles Alfred Damary, father, age 42, married, painter, born Marylebone; Grace E Damary, wife, age 38, married 17 years, 8 children, 5 still alive ; Violet M Damary, daughter, age 10; Mary D Damary, daughter, age 8; William R Damary, son, age 6; Grace L Damary, daughter, age 4; Albert G Damary, son, age 2.

Enlisted Fulham, SW, age 44 years & 27 days, height 5ft 2½ inches, weight 110lbs, ship & coat of arms upper arm, trace of tattoo left forearm, sailor right calf, woman left ? calf, scar forehead, eyes blue, hair iron grey. Formerly painter. Remitted ⅓ of his pay to support his wife and children from the time of his enlistment.

Home 8th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th September 1914, appointed Lance Corporal; 9th October 1914, promoted Corporal; 27th May 1915, appointed Lance Sergeant; 26th September 1915, posted missing.

12th June 1916, pension awarded of 27/6 a week to widow and five children, 15 Bridport Street, Marylebone, W.

9th March 1920, Metropolitan Police, Crawford Place Station, report from Sgt W Stoneham - "I beg to report having made enquiries at 28 Bowmans Building, and find that no on e of the above name had resided there for the past two years. Their present whereabouts was unknown to the caretaker. as a result of further enquiries I have traced the eldest daughter now Mrs Oddy, to 5 Dudley Street, Paddington, W2. She proved her identity by documents. Mrs Danary, wife of deceased soldier, died of cancer about August 1918."

18th March 1920, Statement of Relatives, completed by daughter, Mrs Violet Maud Oddy - Widow of soldier, Grace Ellen Damary, deceased; Children - Violet Maud Oddy, 5 Dudley Street, Paddington; Daisy Mary Damary, 25, Dudley Street, Paddington; William Rodney Damary, 152 Central Avenue, Southend; Grace Lilian Damary, Cottage Homes, Banstead, Surrey; Alfred George Damary, Cottage Homes, Banstead, Surrey.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas de Calais, France.

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