Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NamePte Robert Aveley 
[3, Birth Q1 of 1895, Newmarket dist, vol 3b, p. 548]
[3, Birth Q1 of 1895, Newmarket dist, vol 3b, p. 548]Birthca Feb 1895, Clay St, Soham, Cambs
Baptism20 Mar 1895, Soham, Cambs
Death14 Apr 1916, KiA, France
BurialMI at Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
General1911: Farm Labourer. In 7th Bn of Suffolk Regiment.
FatherFrederick Aveley (1861-ca1940)
MotherMary Seal (ca1873-ca1954)
Notes for Pte Robert Aveley
His birth registration quarter:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Mar 1895 (>99%)
Aveley Robert Newmarket 3b 548
And, in 2019, from the new GRO birth index:
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
AVELEY, ROBERT SEAL
GRO Reference: 1895 M Quarter in NEWMARKET Volume 03B Page 548
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His baptism tarnscription:
First name(s) Robert
Last name Aveley
Year Of Birth 1895
Birth date ? ? 1895
Baptism year 1895
Baptism date 20 Mar 1895
Abode of Clay St, Soham
Place Soham
Mother's Given Name Mary
Father's First Name Frederick
Father occupation lab
County Cambridgeshire
Record set Cambridgeshire Baptisms
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In 1911 he was living with his mother who had remarried a Gilbey - I wonder if he was related as his grandmother was a Gilby (as told by his illiterate grandfather Retford, who would not have communicated any spelling to the registrar):
Surname Forename Age Gender Relation Marriage Status
Years Married Occupation Birth Place
Gilbey James 47 Male Head Married 3 Labourer On Farm Soham, Cambridgeshire
Gilbey Mary 37 Female Wife Married 3 Household Duties Brotton, Yorkshire
Aveley Robert 16 Male Son Single - Labourer On Farm Soham, Cambridgeshire
Orfidd George 17 Male Boarder Single - Labourer On Farm Diss, Norfolk
Reference: RG14 - PN9202 RD183 SD4 ED8 SN58
Address: Towns End, Hall Street, Soham, Cambs
Registration District: Newmarket
Sub District: Soham
Civil Parish: Soham
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He had some medals awarded to him in WW1. (Listed on The National Archives). His Regimental No: 12326.
He is on the Soham War Memorial.
He is on the Men Of Cambridgeshire And The Isle Of Ely (WMR 12935) Ely Cambridgeshire in CHAPEL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE NORTH TRANSEPT of ELY CATHEDRAL.
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Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Mar 1895 (>99%)
Aveley Robert Newmarket 3b 548
And, in 2019, from the new GRO birth index:
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
AVELEY, ROBERT SEAL
GRO Reference: 1895 M Quarter in NEWMARKET Volume 03B Page 548
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His baptism tarnscription:
First name(s) Robert
Last name Aveley
Year Of Birth 1895
Birth date ? ? 1895
Baptism year 1895
Baptism date 20 Mar 1895
Abode of Clay St, Soham
Place Soham
Mother's Given Name Mary
Father's First Name Frederick
Father occupation lab
County Cambridgeshire
Record set Cambridgeshire Baptisms
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In 1911 he was living with his mother who had remarried a Gilbey - I wonder if he was related as his grandmother was a Gilby (as told by his illiterate grandfather Retford, who would not have communicated any spelling to the registrar):
Surname Forename Age Gender Relation Marriage Status
Years Married Occupation Birth Place
Gilbey James 47 Male Head Married 3 Labourer On Farm Soham, Cambridgeshire
Gilbey Mary 37 Female Wife Married 3 Household Duties Brotton, Yorkshire
Aveley Robert 16 Male Son Single - Labourer On Farm Soham, Cambridgeshire
Orfidd George 17 Male Boarder Single - Labourer On Farm Diss, Norfolk
Reference: RG14 - PN9202 RD183 SD4 ED8 SN58
Address: Towns End, Hall Street, Soham, Cambs
Registration District: Newmarket
Sub District: Soham
Civil Parish: Soham
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He had some medals awarded to him in WW1. (Listed on The National Archives). His Regimental No: 12326.
He is on the Soham War Memorial.
He is on the Men Of Cambridgeshire And The Isle Of Ely (WMR 12935) Ely Cambridgeshire in CHAPEL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE NORTH TRANSEPT of ELY CATHEDRAL.
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Mon Inscripts notes for Pte Robert Aveley
He died in WW1, as shown by this CWGC record:
AVELEY, ROBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 12326
Date of Death: 14/04/1916
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Suffolk Regiment, 7th Bn.
Grave Reference: III. G. 72.
Cemetery: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Mary Gilbey, of Townsend, Soham, Cambs.
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AVELEY, ROBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 12326
Date of Death: 14/04/1916
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Suffolk Regiment, 7th Bn.
Grave Reference: III. G. 72.
Cemetery: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Mary Gilbey, of Townsend, Soham, Cambs.
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