NameKate CHAPLIN
Birth22 Jul , Colchester, Essex
Death7 Feb 1956, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Spouses
Birth6 Nov 1877, Darjeeling, Bengal, India
Death21 Mar 1963, Warwickshire, England
EducationMaster Of Arts
Marriage8 Aug 1908, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
Notes for Kate CHAPLIN
First marriage to Renforth Thomas Scarr, had issue
Full name, birth date and location and death date and location courtesy Brandon Deakes and Jenny Kendrick
In the 1901 census Water Lane, Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire
Head Renforth T Scarr, age 50, malsters manager, born Bishop Stortford
Wife Kate Scarr, age 37, born Colchester, Essex
Son Walter C. Scarr, age 16, born Bishop Stortford
Daughter Eva K. Scarr, age 11, orn Bishop Stortford
Son Kenneth R Scarr, age 4, orn Bishop Stortford
One of her children by her first marriage, (thus no relation to me) Walter Chaplin Scarr was killed in action June 2, 1916 at Ypres, Battle, of Mont Sorrel, 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles, Regimental Number 106537.
I mention this as my grandfather Percy Simmonds was also in the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles, Regimental Number 106553.
As it turned out both were in action on June 2, 1916 at Mont Sorrel. That day the 1st and 4th CMR’s were heavily shelled, undermined, driven from their positions and took huge numbers of casualties. Both men were reported missing in action, presumed dead. Both were found a few days later. Walter was found dead by the Canadians with several bayonet wounds. Percy had been found by the Canadians but they left him for dead. Percy was later found badly wounded by the Germans, taken POW and survived. Walter’s body was buried but the grave was lost, so his name was recorded on the Menin Gate Memorial. The grave was found several years later. It seems Percy was very fortunate not to have suffered the same fate.
Notes for Alexander Dixie (Spouse 1)
Full name, birth date and location, marriage date and location and death date location courtesy Brandon Deakes and Jenny Kendrick
In the 1891 census “Hill Side”, Union Road, Crediton, Devon
Head Frances Tozen widow, age 71, boarding house keeper, born Newton St. Cyres, Devon
Daughter Francces M. Tozen, single, age 37, born Newton St. Cyres
Boarder Frank Hainworth, age 16, born Darjeeling, India
Boarder Alexander Hainworth, age 13, born Darjeeling, India