Wilfred Leathes De Mussenden Carey

Person Sheet

Name Wilfred Leathes De Mussenden Carey

Birth 2 Jul 1881

Death 11 Apr 1937 Age: 55

Ref Number Ee35

Occupation Brevet Lieut.-Colonel, Royal Canadian Engineers

Father Denis Carey (1834-1917)

Mother Jane Charlotte Leathes (1841-1920)

Spouses:

1 Constance Meagher

Birth 5 Sep 1880

Ref Number Ee35a

Father John Meagher

Mother Sarah Mount

Marriage 23 Nov 1908

Children: John Wilfred De Mussenden (1912-)

Denis De Mussenden (1916-1977) 

Notes for Wilfred Leathes De Mussenden Carey

Educated at Hurst Court, Hastings, and at Cheltenham College, 1895-7; passed first into Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Jul 1897; gazetted 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Engineers 1899; Lieutenant 1902; Captain 1908; Major 1916; Brevet Lieut.-Colonel 1919.

Served in South African War 1900-2, in Canada on organization of Royal Canadian Engineers, 1910-12; in France with Signal Service, 1914-18; commanded 14th Leicesters during the final advance, Aug to Nov 1918; with Rhine Army and in North Russia 1919; on Frontier Commission for the delimitation of the Five frontiers of Czechoslakia; Managing Director of John Bellamy Ltd of Millwall.

Medals: South African War: Queen's, with five clasps; Great War: 1914 Star, General Service and Victory.

Decorations: D.S.O. Chevalier, Legion of Honour, five mentions in despatches.

John Bellamy Ltd:

Bellamy's iron-tank works were set up in 1860 by John Bellamy, son of Edward Bellamy of the firm Burney & Bellamy which had riverside premises nearby. At first water tanks were made, but over the years a wide range of other products was developed, including bouys, industrial plant such as water-softening systems, bulk haulage tanks and underground petrol tanks. The company was incorporated as John Bellamy Ltd in 1900. The works, mostly covered with sheds of various dates, nearly became defunct in the inter-war slump, but improvements and modernisation, including the erection of new buildings took place in the late 1930s.

Last Modified 8 Jan 2002 Created 14 Aug 2008 by Paul Dobree - Carey

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