DOVEY Henry

  • First Name(s):
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    DOVEY
  • Service Number:
    4037
  • Rank:

    Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Field Artillery
  • Brigade:
    42nd Brigade
  • Unit:
    41st Battery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    24th September 1914
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.
  • Place of Birth:
    Ahmednugger, India, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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DOVEY Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Salwarpe School now in Salwarpe St Michael’s Church
Salwarpe St Michael’s Church
Salwarpe War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Salwarpe St Michael’s Church with the additional information: Sgt.

Further Information About DOVEY Henry

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

Appears on De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour.

Henry Dovey was born in Ahmednuggar, India on 3rd March 1882, the son of Job and Marion Dovey.  Job Dovey was born in 1851 in the parish of Claines and in 1871 he enlisted in the Royal Artillery.  He was granted leave to marry Marion ??? on 21st October 1879, presumably in India where he was stationed on that date.  Marion died in India in 1888 and Job was invalided home from India in April 1889 after 14 years and 102 days of military service.  He married Elizabeth Cartwright at St Leonards Church, Streatham, London on 1st December 1889 whilst he was still in the army and in 1891 the couple and Henry live in army accommodation in Aldershot where Job is still serving as a Sergeant in the Royal Artillery.  Henry followed in his father’s footsteps and enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery sometime after 1901.

1911 Census
Royal Artillery Barracks East Of Gun Hill Road) Part Area 11c), Wellington Lines, Aldershot
Henry Dovey, Sergeant, age 29, 143rd Battery Royal Field Artillery, born Ahmednuggar, India.

A photograph of Sergeant Henry Dovey can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 17th April 1915, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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