Person: DAVEY, Captain William R. (1867-1941)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Captain William Redwood DAVEY

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

Church Army officer

Main period of activity

1890s-1900s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

5 April 1867

born at

Morchard Bishop, Devon, England

1890s-1941

~22

officer

Church Army

5 April 1891

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/761.133.18
– occupation “Captain Church Army”

14 October 1895

lecturer

[Magic lantern service] (lantern service, Leavesden, Hertfordshire, England, 14 October 1895)

15 October 1895

lecturer

[Magic lantern service] (lantern service, Leavesden, Hertfordshire, England, 15 October 1895)

16 October 1895

lecturer

[Magic lantern service] (lantern service, Leavesden, Hertfordshire, England, 16 October 1895)

November 1895

lecturer

[Magic lantern service] (lantern service, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, November 1895)

21 November 1895

lecturer

[Magic lantern service] (lantern service, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, 21 November 1895)

25 November 1895

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Ramsgate, Kent, England, 25 November 1895)

26 November 1895

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, East Farleigh, Kent, England, 26 November 1895)

December 1895

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Wilmington, Kent, England, December 1895)

January 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Bodymoor Heath, Warwickshire, England, January 1896)

January 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Middleton, Warwickshire, England, January 1896)

January 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Minworth, Warwickshire, England, January 1896)

January 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England, January 1896)

January 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, January 1896)

January 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, January 1896)

8 January 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern service] (lantern service, Kintbury, Berkshire, England, 8 January 1896)

8 January 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Kintbury, Berkshire, England, 8 January 1896)

8 January 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Slaugham, Sussex (West), England, 8 January 1896)

21 January 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Middleton, Warwickshire, England, 21 January 1896)

21 January 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Middleton, Warwickshire, England, 21 January 1896)

25 January 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Hungerford, Berkshire, England, 25 January 1896)

25 January 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Hungerford, Berkshire, England, 25 January 1896)

16 March 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, 16 March 1896)

16 March 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, 16 March 1896)

31 May 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern service] (lantern service, Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England, 31 May 1896)

1 June 1896

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England, 1 June 1896)

1897

~29

lecturer

[Magic lantern service] (lantern service, London, England, 1897)

18 January 1897

lecturer

[Magic lantern service] (lantern service, London Colney, Hertfordshire, England, 18 January 1897)

December 1897

lecturer

[Magic lantern service] (lantern service, Etruria, Staffordshire, England, December 1897)

17 December 1897

lecturer

[Magic lantern exhibition] (lantern entertainment, East Farleigh, Kent, England, 17 December 1897)

4 January 1898

lecturer

[Church Army work] (lantern lecture, Wheelock, Cheshire, England, 4 January 1898)

4 January 1898

lecturer

The torn Bible (lantern lecture, Wheelock, Cheshire, England, 4 January 1898)

5 January 1899

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, London, England, 5 January 1899)

31 March 1901

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/1019.30.6
– occupation “Church Army Evangelist”

1902

~34

lecturer

[Magic lantern address] (lantern lecture, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, England, 1902)

1902

~34

lecturer

Life in a convict prison (lantern lecture, Bolton, Lancashire, England, 1902)

17 March 1902

lecturer

[Church Army work amongst convicts] (lantern lecture, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, 17 March 1902)

19 March 1902

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Bolton, Lancashire, England, 19 March 1902)

1903

~35

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Hungerford, Berkshire, England, 1903)

25 January 1904

lecturer

[Magic lantern exhibition] (lantern entertainment, Wigan, Lancashire, England, 25 January - 26 January 1904)

18 December 1909

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Dibden Purlieu, Hampshire, England, 18 December 1909)

1911

resident

Clifford House, Villiers Road, Southall, London W, England

2 April 1911

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/6798.139
– occupation “Church Army Evangelist”

1930

resident

5 Margaretta Street, Southall, London W, England

1939-1941

resident

20 Avenue Road, Southall, London, England

29 September 1939

archive entry

1939 England and Wales Register, BPAW 127-2
– occupation “Captain Evangelist”

31 January 1941

died at

Southall, London W, England

27 March 1941

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1941 C-D p.465

Texts linked to this person

Articles (2)

William R. Davey, ‘The Church's Holy War’ in Church Army gazette

William R. Davey, ‘The Church's Holy War: News from the Battlefield’ in Church Army gazette

Notes

He held central offices with the Church Army, including Lay Association Secretary, Church Army Candidates Secretary and Senior Prison Missioner, and as a result travelled widely around England giving visiting lectures. In the 1891 and 1901 Censuses he is recorded as a visitor at addresses in Hastings and the Isle of Wight respectively.

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Person: DAVEY, Captain William R. (1867-1941)