The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F C Dowdall

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Private Frederick Charles DOWDALL, L/10356, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, in Hospital at Versailles, Flanders France, 24th March 1915.

Born 27th April 1896, Lewisham, Kent, (service records says Greenwich, London), son of Alfred & Elizabeth Dowdall, (daughter of Nathaniel Wood), 33 Cold Bath Street, Lewisham, Kent.

20th May 1896, Greenwich Emmanuel Mission Church, baptism of Frederick Charles Dowdall, son of Alfred, (painter), & Elizabeth Dowdall, 33 Cold Bath Street.

Educated Morden Terrace, LCC School, Lewisham, Kent.

1911 Census - 33 Cold Bath Street, Greenwich., SE - Alfred Dowdall, head, age 54, married, house decorator, born Greenwich, Kent; Elizabeth Dowdall, wife, age 50, married 20 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Greenwich, Kent; Thomas Jeffreys, stepson, age 24, single, crane driver, lime works, born Greenwich, Kent; Frederick Dowdall, son, age 15, single, doctors errand boy, born Greenwich, Kent; Ada Dowdall, daughter, age 12, born Greenwich, Kent.

Enlisted Lewisham, Kent, age 17 years & 3 months, height 5ft 6 inches. Resided 33 Cold Bath Street, Lewisham, Kent. Formerly smiths mate, employed by G H Harvey, Thames Street, Greenwich, SE.

17th July 1913, Lewisham, Kent, enlisted into RH & (4th London, Howitzer Brigade), RFA, Service No.783, as Gunner; 27th April 1914, enlisted into Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th March 1915, wounded.

13th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Elizabeth Amelia Dowdall, 33 Cold Bath Street, Lewisham; Half Brothers - Robert Jeffreys, age 38, 33 Cold Bath Street, Lewisham; Thomas Jeffreys, age 32, 3A Horn Lane, East Greenwich; Sisters - Annie Dowdall, age 27, 33 Cold Bath Street, Lewisham; Harriett Dowdall, age 25, 33 Cold Bath Street, Lewisham; Ada Dowdall, age 20, 33 Cold Bath Street, Lewisham; Half Sisters - Mary Ann Huffer?, age 41, 32 Orchard Hill, Lewisham; Florence Laney?, age 35, 45 Cold Bath Street, Lewisham.

Buried at Les Gonards Cemetery, 3. 2., Versailles, Yvelines, France.

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