See also

Family of Robert Charles Dersley and Ada E Parker

Husband: Robert Charles Dersley

  • Name:

  • Robert Charles Dersley2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Robert Dersley (1852-1927)

  • Mother:

  • Amelia Partridge (1853-1897)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • quay labourer3

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1879

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England2 4 5

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 1-2)

  • 76 Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son aged 1, living with parents and a half-sister. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 11)

  • 3 Holywells Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living in four rooms with his parents Robert and Mary, half-sister Minnie, sister Mary and brother Alfred. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 21)

  • 27 Fore Hamlet, St. Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • boarder aged 22 unmarried, quay labourer lodging with Sarah Bloomfield and son. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Military Beginning:

  • 16 Jul 1916 (age 37)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • transferred from reservist to the Labour Corps, address 24 Lower Orwell St. Ipswich, aged 37y 4 months, father Mr R Dersley

  • Employment:

  • 1916 (age 36-37)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  •  

  • by Pauls the millers

  • Military Service:

  • 7 Sep 1916 (age 37)

  • -3

  •  

  • Suffolk Regt home to 5 3 1917, 37y 4 m, labourer, 5' 2", 133 lbs, chest 35.5", expansion 2", 2 vaccination marks in left arm, vision 6/9 6/9 requires his toe nails cutting, fit for general service A (which was later changed to B2)

  • Military Service:

  • 7 Oct 1916 (age 37)

  • -; Felixstowe, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • when on active service absent from 9:30 pm until apprehended by civil police at 10am 8 10 1916, forfeit 4days pay & ?

  • Military Service:

  • 13 Oct 1916 (age 37)

  • -; Felixstowe, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • awarded 168 hours detention for refusing to comply with an order when a defaulter, 3rd Battn Suffolk Regiment

  • Military Service:

  • 6 Feb 1917 (age 37)

  • -; Suffolk Depot, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • attached for payand rations & ???

  • Military Service:

  • 21 Feb 1917 (age 37)

  • -3

  •  

  • posted to Queens Regt Lab ???

  • Military Service:

  • 2 Mar 1917 (age 37)

  • -3

  •  

  • 14th ??? Depot Coys Labour Battns "Queen's" Royal West Surrey

  • Military Service:

  • 3 Mar 1917 (age 37)

  • -3

  •  

  • posted 14th lab Corp

  • Military Service:

  • 6 Mar 1917 (age 37)

  • -3

  •  

  • B.E.F. France

  • Military Service:

  • 9 May 1917 (age 37-38)

  • -3

  •  

  • transferred to 122nd labour Corps

  • Military Service:

  • 13 Jun 1917 (age 37-38)

  • -3

  •  

  • ? 3 days pay (dirty on parade)

  • Military Service:

  • 31 Dec 1917 (age 38)

  • -3

  •  

  • leave until 14 1 1918

  • Military Service:

  • 14 Dec 1918 (age 39)

  • -3

  •  

  • leave until 28 12 1918

  • Military Service:

  • 15 Jan 1919 (age 39)

  • -3

  •  

  • deducted two days pay for overstaying leave 8 am 29 12 1918 to 8am 31 12 1918

  • Wounded:

  • 5 Mar 1919 (age 39)

  • Templeuve, Nord Pas-de-Calais, France3

  •  

  • reeceiving a puncture wound to ear and face when a piece of brass being filed by a colleague Pte Hatwell exploded (probably a detenator), No 72754 100th Labour Corps

  • Hospital:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • treated at 39 C C S

  • Military Service:

  • 5 Mar 1919 (age 39)

  • -3

  •  

  • posted to 100 Lab Corps

  • Military Service:

  • 3 Apr 1919 (age 39-40)

  • -3

  •  

  • to Shorncliffe? dispersal station for demobilization

  • Military Ending:

  • 4 Apr 1919 (age 39-40)

  • No2 Dispersal Unit, Crystal Palace, London, England3

  •  

  • No 72754 100 Lab Corps

  • Military Ending:

  • 2 May 1919 (age 39-40)3

  •  

  •  

  • discharged, sperficial wound, rejected award

  • Medals:

  • 1920 (app)7

  •  

  •  

  • awarded the Victory medal Roll L91M B44 page 4445, The Queen's R Lab C Pte No 41598 & 72754. Awarded the Victory and British medal, Suff R Pte 43726, Roll K/1/103 B6 page 1180

  • Death:

  • Q4 1961 (age 85)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England8

Wife: Ada E Parker

  • Name:

  • Ada E Parker1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Child 1: Robert William Charles Dersley

  • Name:

  • Robert William Charles Dersley9

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1921

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England9

  • Death:

  • Q1 1922 (age 1)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England10

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1920 quarter:3 volume:4a page:2841.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1879 quarter:2 volume:4a page:718. Cit. Date: 2 June 2020.

3.

Ancestry British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

4.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

5.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1470 folio:73 page:1. Cit. Date: 2 June 2020.

6.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

7.

Ancestry British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1961 quarter:4 volume:4b page:904. Cit. Date: 2 June 2020.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1921 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1867. Cit. Date: 20 March 2018.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1922 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1463. Cit. Date: 31 December 2022.