Douglas Edward CAYLEY

Douglas Edward CAYLEY

Birth Name CAYLEY, Douglas Edward
Gender male
Age at Death 81 years, 5 months, 7 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 15 July 1870     1a 2a
Death 22 December 1951     3a
Military Service about 1917   Wounded 4a

Families

Family of Douglas Edward CAYLEY and Jessie Eyre Duff GIBBON
Married Wife Jessie Eyre Duff GIBBON ( * 17 April 1877 + 23 November 1955 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage about October 1906     4b
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Richard Douglas CAYLEY6 October 19078 January 1943
  Attributes
Type Value Notes Sources
_UID 251FC46AAE330B45973E0DDC5ACB154EE9B4
 

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
_UID 710DF49B5C408F4FA2EF8B3A0841A3E6AF83
 

Pedigree

    1. Douglas Edward CAYLEY
      1. Jessie Eyre Duff GIBBON
        1. Richard Douglas CAYLEY

Source References

  1. 1939 register
      • Citation:

        Name: Douglas E Cayley
        Gender: Male
        Marital Status: Married
        Birth Date: 15 Jul 1870
        Residence Date: 1939
        Address: Heatherside
        Residence Place: Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, England
        Occupation: Maj General (Retd)
        Line Number: 1
        Schedule Number: 370
        Sub Schedule Number: 1
        Enumeration District: Eeha
        Borough: Hartley Wintney
        Registration district: 105/2
        Inferred Spouse: Jessie E D Cayley

  2. Probate index
      • Citation:

        CAYLEY Douglas Edward of Heatherside Vigo Lane Yateeley Hampshire, died 22 December 1951
        Probate London 8 March to Lloyds Bank Limited. Effects £10420 14s 11d

  3. MI
      • Citation:

        Worcester Cathedral
        To The Memory Of Major-General DOUGLAS EDWARD CAYLEY
        C.B. C.M.G.
        The Worcestershire Regiment
        Last Commander Of The Incomparable 29th Division
        Died Dec. 22nd 1951

  4. Newspaper
      • Citation:

        Tewkesbury Register 27 October 1917
        BRIGADIER WOUNDED.
        Brigadier-General Douglas Edward Cayley, C.M.G., who has been wounded, is a son of the late Deputy Surgeon-General Henry Cayley, C.M.G. Born in 1870, and educated at Clifton College, he, in 1890, got his first commission in the Worcestershire Regiment, became lieutenant-colonel in March, 1914, and brevet colonel in January of this year. For his services in the South African campaign he has the Queen's medal with three clasps and the King's with two. He has also done valuable work in the present war, and at the Dardanelles he had command of an infantry battalion, with the rank of brigadier-general. He was mentioned in dispatches, and received the C.M.G. in 1917.

      • Citation:

        Middlesex County Times 29 September 1906
        Major Douglas E CAYLEY, son of the late Colonel H CAYLEY, C.M.G., and of Mrs CAYLEY, of Blakesley Avenue, Ealing, is to be married next month to Miss Jessie GIBBON, daughter of Mr W. D. GIBBON, of Kandy, Celon.