Williams, Dougie

Birth Name Williams, Dougie
Birth Name Williams, Kenneth Douglas Haig
Gramps ID I0096
Gender male
Age at Death 28 years, 4 months, 13 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1916-10-28 85 Roding Road, Hackney, London, UK   1 2 3
Occupation before 1930-10-24   Scholar, Stonehouse Street Elementary School 4
Event Note

Dougie left school when he was a few days short of 14 years old, in the middle of a term.

Residence 1930-10-24 6, Thornbury Road, Clapham, London, UK   4
Occupation     Van driver, Pascall's Sweets  
Event Note

The evidence for this is the photos in the gallery.

Occupation before 1945-03-10   Corporal, Royal Army Service Corps, T/189483  
Death 1945-03-10 Near Antwerp, Belgium Killed by enemy action 5
Burial after 1945-03-10 Schoonselhof Cemetery,, Antwerp, Belgium Row 5B 5
Event Note

Casualty Details
Name: WILLIAMS, KENNETH DOUGLAS
Initials: K D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Age: 28
Date of Death: 10/03/1945
Service No: T/189483
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. B. 107.
Cemetery: SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY

Media Note

Emrys and Sheila Williams visited Dougie's grave on Wednesday 20 April 2011, and left some flowers to show someone still remembered him. The cemetery was very well kept, green and peaceful. We parked at the crematorium (northeast corner of the cemetery) and walked, but is is possible to drive right up to the graves. The geotag in the photos shows the exact grave location.

The memorial to the victims of the V-weapons in Antwerp, 1944-1945, is in the adjacent plot in the cemetery, for Belgian soldiers, but it honours Dougie too.

Relation to the centre person (Watkins, Thomas) : grandson

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Williams, John Thomas [I0012]1871-03-071935-01-24
Mother Watkins, Annie [I0011]1873-06-291950-06-25
    Sister     Williams, May [I0015] 1891-11-16 between 1982-12-00 and 1983-03-00
    Sister     Williams, Blodwen Llewela [I0014] 1893-12-05 1956-02-24
    Sister     Williams, Gwladys Maud [I0009] 1895-02-10 1974-08-07
    Sister     Williams, Peggy [I0016] 1898-06-04 1974-01-01
    Brother     Williams, John Watkins [I0013] 1900-03-13 1971-01-13
    Sister     Williams, Brenda May [I0010] 1901-08-09 between 1987-03-01 and 1987-03-31
    Brother     Williams, Ivor Edgar [I0002] 1903-04-05 between 1988-10-01 and 1988-10-31
    Brother     Williams, Llewellyn Curwen [I0000] 1905-02-17 1988-04-28
    Brother     Williams, Aneurin Price [I0004] 1907-05-25 1978-05-05
    Brother     Williams, Haydn Cromwell [I0003] 1909-06-15 between 1998-09-01 and 1998-09-30
    Brother     Williams, Owen Lloyd [I0001] 1911-11-07 1970-07-01
    Brother     Williams, Hywel Inigo [I0005] 1913-02-08 1997-08-04
         Williams, Dougie [I0096] 1916-10-28 1945-03-10

Media

Narrative

The online buxton family tree has
second name is douglas
born 8 oct 1916
died belgium 10 mar 1944

Both birth and death dates are wrong on that tree!

Pedigree

  1. Williams, John Thomas [I0012]
    1. Watkins, Annie [I0011]
      1. Williams, May [I0015]
      2. Williams, Blodwen Llewela [I0014]
      3. Williams, Gwladys Maud [I0009]
      4. Williams, Peggy [I0016]
      5. Williams, John Watkins [I0013]
      6. Williams, Brenda May [I0010]
      7. Williams, Ivor Edgar [I0002]
      8. Williams, Llewellyn Curwen [I0000]
      9. Williams, Aneurin Price [I0004]
      10. Williams, Haydn Cromwell [I0003]
      11. Williams, Owen Lloyd [I0001]
      12. Williams, Hywel Inigo [I0005]
      13. Williams, Dougie

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Kenneth DH Williams birth certificate [S0049]
  2. Dougie Williams BMD birth [S0036]
  3. Dougie full birth certificate [S0423]
  4. Dougie school Docs [S0458]
  5. Kenneth DH Williams death notices [S0050]