Douglas Edward Cayley

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Douglas Edward Cayley
Born(1870-07-15)15 July 1870
Mentioned in Despatches
Commander of the Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)
Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Croix de guerre (Belgium)
Croix de guerre
(France)

First World War who played an important part in the evacuation of soldiers from Gallipoli.[1][2][3][4]

Family

Douglas Edward Cayley was a son of Henry Cayley, who served as a medical officer in the British army in India. Among his siblings were Major General Sir Walter de Sausmarez Cayley (1863–1952) and Rear Admiral Henry Priaulx Cayley (1877–1942).[5]

His son

Second World War
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Personal life

Douglas Edward Cayley was born in India, where his father was serving, on 15 July 1870. He was educated at Clifton College[6] and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[7]

In 1906 he married Jessie Eyre Duff Gibbon, daughter of Sir

Ceylon.[8]

Military career

Cayley enlisted in the Worcestershire Regiment as a second lieutenant on 1 March 1890. He was promoted to lieutenant on 20 February 1892, and to captain on 24 June 1899.[9] He served in the 1st Battalion of his regiment, which left for South Africa on board the Braemar Castle in March 1900 to serve in the Second Boer War.[10] The battalion was based at Ladybrand. Following the end of this war, he left South Africa on the SS Kildonan Castle, which arrived at Southampton in October 1902.[11] For his service he received the Queen's medal with three clasps and the King's medal with two clasps.[7]

In 1904 he was promoted to

Companion of the Order of the Bath.[7]
For his army service during the war he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle of Serbia (3rd class with swords), the Croix de Guerre of France and Belgium and the Order of the Crown of Belgium.[12][13][14][15]

Later life

Cayley retired from the army in 1920 and settled in Hampshire.

During the Second World War he was senior air raid warden for the Yateley district. In 1947 he became a Life Governor of Clifton College. He died at Aldershot, Hampshire on 19 December 1951.[16][7]

References

  1. ^ A Banker's Family – Descendants of Edward Cayley of Stamford (1782–1868). Cayley Family History. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Major-General D. E. Cayley, C.B., C.M.G. - Worcestershire Regiment".
  3. ^ "Douglas Edward Cayley - National Portrait Gallery".
  4. ISBN 9781473812512
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  5. ISBN 978-0971196629
  6. ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. ref no 9407: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  7. ^ a b c d e Davies 1997, p. 126.
  8. ISBN 978-0971196629
  9. ^ Hart′s Army its, 1903
  10. ^ "The War - Embarcation of Troops". The Times. No. 36093. London. 19 March 1900. p. 9.
  11. ^ "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home". The Times. No. 36887. London. 1 October 1902. p. 8.
  12. ^ http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/o_cayley (retrieved 1 December 1916)
  13. ISBN 978-0971196629
  14. ^ Army Lists
  15. ^ Obituary in The Times, 28 December 1951
  16. ^ Probate Record

Bibliography

  • Davies, Frank (1997). Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914–1918. London: Pen & Sword Books.
    ISBN 978-0-85052-463-5
    .
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