Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameMajor Ernest Frederick Powys Sketchley DSO 
[4, 1891 ref: RG12 Piece: 628 Folio: 39 Page: 20], [3, His birth, Q3 of 1881, Fulham dist, vol 1a, p. 287], [4, 1911 ref: RG14PN5646 RD91 SD1 ED31 SN9999]
[4, 1891 ref: RG12 Piece: 628 Folio: 39 Page: 20], [3, His birth, Q3 of 1881, Fulham dist, vol 1a, p. 287], [4, 1911 ref: RG14PN5646 RD91 SD1 ED31 SN9999]Birthca Aug 1881, West Kensington, London
Death12 Oct 1916
FatherRev Ernest Powys Sketchley (ca1850-ca1927)
MotherAda Ginevra Bennett (ca1853-<1911)
Notes for Major Ernest Frederick Powys Sketchley DSO
His birth:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Sep 1881 (>99%)
Sketchley Ernest Frederick P Fulham 1a 287
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He was first found in the 1891 census:
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Disability Where Born
SKETCHLEY, Ernest P Head Married M 41 1850 Clerk In Holy Ordirs Deptford, Kent
SKETCHLEY, Ada P Wife Married F 37 1854 Maddington, Wiltshire
SKETCHLEY, Ellen M P Daughter F 12 1879 Scotland
SKETCHLEY, Ernest F P Son M 9 1882 Kensington, London
SKETCHLEY, Dorothy G P Daughter F 5 1886 Bromley, Kent
SKETCHLEY, Agril B P Son M 3 1888 Bromley, Kent
WALTS, Susan Servant Single F 20 1871 Cook Shrewton, Wiltshire
WALTS, Edith Servant Single F 17 1874 Housemaid Shrewton, Wiltshire
RG number: RG12 Piece: 628 Folio: 39 Page: 20
Registration District: Bromley Sub District: Bromley EnumerationDistrict: 15
Ecclesiastical Parish: St Mary
Civil Parish: Bromley Municipal Borough:
Address: 20, Tweedy Road, Bromley
County: Kent
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Might any of these marriages have been his:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1903 (>99%)
Lamb Nellie Birmingham 6d 107
Round John Birmingham 6d 107
Sheriff Rose Ellen Birmingham 6d 107
Sketchley Ernest Birmingham 6d 107
In 1911 he was an army captain at Alverstoke and married. The entry showed him only in the barracks, and not his family:
Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
SKETCHLEY, Ernest Fredericks Powys Married ? 29 1882 London West Kensington
RG number: RG14 Piece: 5646 Reference: RG14PN5646 RD91 SD1 ED31 SN9999
Registration District: Alverstoke Sub District: Alverstoke EnumerationDistrict: 31
Parish: Alverstoke
Address: Forton Alverstoke, Gosport
County: Hampshire
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I cannot find his wife and any offspring in the 1911 census, not under either of the forenams of the above marriage. There is a Rose Sketchley in the 1911 census, married for 7 years and living in Birmingham but he husband is a boot repairer. So I think the above marriage record is not his and that he might have been married abroad. If the latter, who is his wife?????
This census entry for Alverstoke might have the answer, as it was clearly from the same barracks:
SKETCHLEY, Phyllis Francis Murray Powys Wife Married 3 years F 25 1886 Bedfordshire, bedford
RG number: RG14 Piece: 5646 Reference: RG14PN5646 RD91 SD1 ED31 SN9999
Registration District: Alverstoke Sub District: Alverstoke EnumerationDistrict: 31
Parish: Alverstoke
Address: Forton Alverstoke Gosport County: Hampshire
The actual return sheet shows her to have had one child, but that child is not listed. But on the next return sheet there is a daughter:
Francis Mary Powys Sketchley, aged 1, born in Stonehouse, Devon
Now to identify his wife and any further children.
His wife’s maiden name was Campbell.
I could still not find their marriage and I could find no more children to Sketchley and Campbell.
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No sign of his death on FreeBMD before c.1935.
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From The Times, his Naval career:
27 Jan 1900: Appointed sec Lieut in Royal Marine Light Infantry.
27 Feb 1901: Promoted to Lieutenant, still in marines.
7 May 1902: Appointed to the Aboukie.
12 Aug 1905: Placed on half-pay on appointment as Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Western Australia.
May 19 1905: Reverted to the establishment on restoration to full-pay.
26 Jan 1910: Appointed asst instructor of Musketry to Portsmouth Division
1 Aug 1910: Appointed Adjutant at the Portsmouth Division.
2 Jan 1911: promoted to Capt.
16 Oct 1916: Major Sketchley DSO reported killed.
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Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Sep 1881 (>99%)
Sketchley Ernest Frederick P Fulham 1a 287
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He was first found in the 1891 census:
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Disability Where Born
SKETCHLEY, Ernest P Head Married M 41 1850 Clerk In Holy Ordirs Deptford, Kent
SKETCHLEY, Ada P Wife Married F 37 1854 Maddington, Wiltshire
SKETCHLEY, Ellen M P Daughter F 12 1879 Scotland
SKETCHLEY, Ernest F P Son M 9 1882 Kensington, London
SKETCHLEY, Dorothy G P Daughter F 5 1886 Bromley, Kent
SKETCHLEY, Agril B P Son M 3 1888 Bromley, Kent
WALTS, Susan Servant Single F 20 1871 Cook Shrewton, Wiltshire
WALTS, Edith Servant Single F 17 1874 Housemaid Shrewton, Wiltshire
RG number: RG12 Piece: 628 Folio: 39 Page: 20
Registration District: Bromley Sub District: Bromley EnumerationDistrict: 15
Ecclesiastical Parish: St Mary
Civil Parish: Bromley Municipal Borough:
Address: 20, Tweedy Road, Bromley
County: Kent
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Might any of these marriages have been his:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1903 (>99%)
Lamb Nellie Birmingham 6d 107
Round John Birmingham 6d 107
Sheriff Rose Ellen Birmingham 6d 107
Sketchley Ernest Birmingham 6d 107
In 1911 he was an army captain at Alverstoke and married. The entry showed him only in the barracks, and not his family:
Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
SKETCHLEY, Ernest Fredericks Powys Married ? 29 1882 London West Kensington
RG number: RG14 Piece: 5646 Reference: RG14PN5646 RD91 SD1 ED31 SN9999
Registration District: Alverstoke Sub District: Alverstoke EnumerationDistrict: 31
Parish: Alverstoke
Address: Forton Alverstoke, Gosport
County: Hampshire
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I cannot find his wife and any offspring in the 1911 census, not under either of the forenams of the above marriage. There is a Rose Sketchley in the 1911 census, married for 7 years and living in Birmingham but he husband is a boot repairer. So I think the above marriage record is not his and that he might have been married abroad. If the latter, who is his wife?????
This census entry for Alverstoke might have the answer, as it was clearly from the same barracks:
SKETCHLEY, Phyllis Francis Murray Powys Wife Married 3 years F 25 1886 Bedfordshire, bedford
RG number: RG14 Piece: 5646 Reference: RG14PN5646 RD91 SD1 ED31 SN9999
Registration District: Alverstoke Sub District: Alverstoke EnumerationDistrict: 31
Parish: Alverstoke
Address: Forton Alverstoke Gosport County: Hampshire
The actual return sheet shows her to have had one child, but that child is not listed. But on the next return sheet there is a daughter:
Francis Mary Powys Sketchley, aged 1, born in Stonehouse, Devon
Now to identify his wife and any further children.
His wife’s maiden name was Campbell.
I could still not find their marriage and I could find no more children to Sketchley and Campbell.
________________________
No sign of his death on FreeBMD before c.1935.
_________________________
From The Times, his Naval career:
27 Jan 1900: Appointed sec Lieut in Royal Marine Light Infantry.
27 Feb 1901: Promoted to Lieutenant, still in marines.
7 May 1902: Appointed to the Aboukie.
12 Aug 1905: Placed on half-pay on appointment as Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Western Australia.
May 19 1905: Reverted to the establishment on restoration to full-pay.
26 Jan 1910: Appointed asst instructor of Musketry to Portsmouth Division
1 Aug 1910: Appointed Adjutant at the Portsmouth Division.
2 Jan 1911: promoted to Capt.
16 Oct 1916: Major Sketchley DSO reported killed.
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Mon Inscripts notes for Major Ernest Frederick Powys Sketchley DSO
His CWGC Memorial reads:
Casualty Details
Name: SKETCHLEY, E. F. POWYS
Initials: E F P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Unit Text: General Staff, 63rd R.N. Div.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 12/10/1916
Awards: D S O
Additional information: Son of the Rev. E. P. and Mrs. Sketchley, of 20, Castletown Road, W. Kensington, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 3. Row E. Grave 1.
Cemetery: FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Casualty Details
Name: SKETCHLEY, E. F. POWYS
Initials: E F P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Unit Text: General Staff, 63rd R.N. Div.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 12/10/1916
Awards: D S O
Additional information: Son of the Rev. E. P. and Mrs. Sketchley, of 20, Castletown Road, W. Kensington, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 3. Row E. Grave 1.
Cemetery: FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION