Richard Douglas CAYLEY

Birth Name CAYLEY, Richard Douglas
Nick Name Harmonica Dick or Deadeye Dick
Gender male
Age at Death 35 years, 3 months, 2 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 6 October 1907 India   1a 2a 3a
Christening 21 November 1907 Ahmednagar, Bombay, India   4a
Death 8 January 1943 At sea   5a 6a 7a 4b

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Douglas Edward CAYLEY15 July 187022 December 1951
Mother Jessie Eyre Duff GIBBON17 April 187723 November 1955
         Richard Douglas CAYLEY 6 October 1907 8 January 1943

Families

Family of Richard Douglas CAYLEY and Nancy Violet COUTTS
Married Wife Nancy Violet COUTTS ( * 4 March 1911 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 22 April 1933 Fleet, Hampshire   8a
  Attributes
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Attributes

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Source References

  1. The National Archives
      • Citation:

        Name: Richard Douglas Cayley
        Birth Date: 6 Oct 1907
        Enrolment Date: 15 Jun 1925
        Rank: Lieutenant

  2. 1911 Census
      • Citation:

        Name: Richard Cayley
        Age in 1911: 3
        Estimated Birth Year: abt 1908
        Gender: Male
        Birth Place: India
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        County/Island: Military
        Country: England
        Registration District Number: 641
        ED, institution, or vessel: India
        Piece: 34980

  3. 1939 register
      • Citation:

        Name: Richard D Cayley
        Gender: Male
        Marital Status: Married
        Birth Date: 6 Oct 1907
        Residence Date: 1939
        Address: 11
        Residence Place: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
        Occupation: Liet Comdr
        Line Number: 33
        Schedule Number: 219
        Sub Schedule Number: 3
        Enumeration District: Ebks
        Borough: Portsmouth
        Registration district: 90/2
        Inferred Spouse: Nancy V Cayley

  4. Ancestry
      • Citation:

        select baptisms India:-
        Name: Richard Douglas Coyley
        Gender: Male
        Birth Date: 06 Oct 1907
        Baptism Date: 21 Nov 1907
        Baptism Age: 0
        Baptism Place: Ahmednagar, Bombay, India
        Father:
        Douglas Edward Coyley
        Mother:
        Jessie Eyre Duff
        FHL Film Number: 462974

      • Citation:

        Ancestry Newspaper Index Cards 1943
        CAYLEY - Whilst in command of HM Submarine P.311 Commander Richard Douglas CAYLEY, D.S.O., R.N. formerly commanding HM Submarine Utmost, only son of Major-General and Mrs CAYLEY, Heatherside, Yateley, Hants.

  5. Find A Grave
      • Citation:

        Name: Commander Richard Douglas Cayley
        Gender: Male
        Birth Date: 6 Oct 1907
        Birth Place: India
        Death Date: 8 Jan 1943
        Death Place: At Sea
        Cemetery: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
        Burial or Cremation Place: Portsmouth, Portsmouth Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England
        Has Bio?: Y
        Father: Douglas Edward Cayley
        Mother: Jessie Eyre Duff Cayley

  6. Probate index
      • Citation:

        CAYLEY Richard Douglas D.S.O. of Heathside Vigo lane Yateley Hampshire died 8 January 1943 at sea
        Probate London 16 July to David Maurice DEAN physician and surgeon and Joan DEAN (wife of the said David Maurice DEAN)
        Effects £3288 1s 4d

  7. CWGC
      • Citation:

        CAYLEY, Comdr. Richard Douglas, D.S.O. and two bars R.N. H.M. Submarine P.311 *th January, 1943. Age 36. Son of Major-General Douglas Edward CAYLEY, C.B, C.M.G, and Jessie E D CAYLEY, of Yateley, Hampshire; husband of N. V. CAYLEY Panel 72, Column 3.

  8. Marriage Certificate
      • Citation:

        Fleet, All Saints Hampshire 22 April 1933
        Richard Douglas CAYLEY, 25, bach, Liut RN, Royal Naval Barracks Devonport, s of Douglas Edward CAYLEY, Major General retired
        Nancy Violet COUTTS, 22, spin, , Sweffling House Church Grove Fleet, d of Edward COUTTS, retired
        After Banns, Wit D S CAYLEY and Evelyn COUTTS