The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lieutenant D C C Sewell

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Lieutenant Douglas Clifford Campbell SEWELL,  3rd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (attached 1st Battalion), died of wounds received in action near Mons, France, in Colliery Hospital, Wasmeres, 10th September 1914, age 20.

Born 1894, Tillingham Hall, Essex, fourth son of the late William Sewell, (JP), & Caroline Sewell, of Tillingham Hall, Essex / Chase Cottage, Brentwood, Essex / Warren Halt, West Byfleet, Surrey / Annandale, West Byfleet, Surrey / Gillespis Lodge, West Byfleet, Surrey.

24th August 1894, St Nicholas, Tillingham, Essex, baptism of Dougal Campbell Sewell, son of William & Caroline Sewell.

1911 Census - Tillingham Hall, Southminster, Essex (completed by Mary Victoria Campbell Sewell) - Charles Campbell Sewell, son, age 30, single, wine merchant, employer, born Bradwell on Sea, Essex; Mary Victoria Campbell Sewell, daughter, age 24, single, dressmaker, at home, born Bradwell on Sea, Essex; Olive Campbell Sewell, daughter, age 22, single, musician, born Tillingham, Essex; Constance Campbell Sewell, daughter, age 25, single, born Bradwell on Sea, Essex; Susannah Richardson, servant, age 48, single, cook, domestic, worker, born Tillingham, Essex; Nellie Clarke, servant, age 22, single, housemaid, domestic, worker, born Tillingham, Essex; Alice Sibley, servant, age 22, single, housemaid, domestic, worker, born Tillingham, Essex; Elizabeth Rose Clarke, servant, age 16, kitchen maid, domestic, worker, born London, Middlesex; Douglas Clifford Campbell Sewell, son, age 16, at school, born Tillingham, Essex; Vera Schudi, boarder, age 18, single, student, (learning English crossed out), born Norway, Norwegian; Abigach Taudherg, boarder, age 20, single, student, (learning English crossed out), born Norway, Norwegian; Harda Robsarm, boarder, age 24, single, student, (learning English crossed out), born Norway, Norwegian; William Owen Campbell Sewell, son, age 12, single, at school, born Tillingham, Essex; Fitz Hardinge Lietewood?, nephew, age 25, single, Captain in Army, born Sidcup, Kent.

1911 Census - 7 Walpole Road, Surbiton, Surrey - Gertrude Sewell, head, age 48, single, born Maldon, Essex; Charles Sewell, brother, age 57, single, wine merchant, employer, born Ramsgate, Kent; William Sewell, brother, age 59, married, farmer, employer, born Greenwich, Kent; Caroline Sewell, Sister in Law, age 57, married 32 years, 9 children, 8 still alive, born Devonshire; Eliza Borley, servant, age 29, single, parlour maid, domestic, born Brent Eleigh, Suffolk; Annie May Nicholls, servant, age 18, single, cook, domestic, born Tillingham, Essex; Emily Jessie Nicholls, servant, age 17, single, kitchen maid, domestic, born Tillingham, Essex.

Educated Wellinborough School.

September 1912, enlisted; July 1913, commissioned Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th August 1914, posted BEF; 23rd August 1914, wounded at Mons.

Buried at St Symphorien Military Cemetery, I. B. 30., Belgium.