Name
Edward Catley
28 September 1878
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/10/1915
38
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
1220
Leinster Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MANOR PARK CEMETERY
Screen Wall. 128. 399.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Barkway Village Memorial, St Mary Magdalene Church Memorial, Barkway, Ware Town Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Ware
Pre War
Edward Catley was born on 28 September 1878 in Barkway, the son of Edward and Susannah (Susan) Catley (nee Scripps), and was baptised on 8 December 1878 in Barkway.
On the 1881 Census the family were living at Barkway where his father was working as a farm labourer and they were living in High Street, Barkway in 1891.
He married Annie Tamar Hicks on 18 February 1899 at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Plaistow, Essex and on the 1901 Census they were living at 163 Grange Road, West Ham, Essex and Edward was working as a bricklayer's labourer. By that time they had two children, Annie, (born 1899) and Douglas (born 1900). His brother Albert was also living with them. Edward's place of birth was then recorded as Royston, being the nearest large town to Barkway. They had moved to 38 Ashwell Road, Leytonstone, Essex by 1911 and their family had increased by two, daughter Edith (born 1902) and son Charles (born 1908). They later had three more children, Eva (1911), Albert (1913) and Winifred (1915).
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Finsbury, Middlesex and initially joined the Wiltshire Regiment under reg. no. 12736, later transferring to the Leinster Regiment, serving with the 6th Battalion in the Balkan Theatre from 9 July 1915.
Edward was wounded in action and repatriated to England. He died of his wounds on 1 October 1915, aged 38, at Netley Military Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire and is buried in Manor Park Cemetery, however the exact location is not known and his name is commemorated on a Screen Wall.
Additional Information
His widow received a war gratuity of £3 10s and pay owing of £3 9s 5d. She also received a pension of £1 7s. 0d a week for herself and five children. She later lived at 28 Davies Lane, E 11.
Brother to Charles Catley who was killed in action on 11 April 1918 and is also named on the Barkway and Ware memorials.
N.B. The most common spelling of the surname is Catley with one 't' but it can be found in some records with two. The connection with Ware has not been established but there are some people with the Catley surname living in Ware on the 1921 Census.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Paul Johnson, Adrian Pitts
