206735 T/Capt. Charles Duly DSO.British Army 11th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment Captain Charles Duly DSO (b. 1875) of the Worcestershire Regiment, 11th Battalion, was my grandfather. We have researched, that his commission was relinquished on the 9th July 1915 due to ill health, having fallen from a horse resulting in sustained head injuries. Our family have been trying in vain to track his whereabouts since this date - but to no avail.
His son, also Charles Duly, was born 1919 in Glasgow. We believe that his father Charles Duly stayed with the family until circa. 1922/23 in Glasgow before separating from them. His whereabouts since this time have been a mystery. The son, (my father) Charles Duly, now Charles Duly Blount - (mother remarrying a gentleman by the name of Blount) served in WW2 with the Lanarkshire Yeomanry/Argyle & Southern Highlanders/5th Parachute Regiment. He also attained the rank of Captain as per his father (also at the end of WW2 Temp. Major).
There is some confusion with another Charles Duly DSO who served in East Africa he was born 1870 (5 years before my grandfather.)
We are trying to establish details of my Grand Father's life after 1922/23 up until his death. Is there anyone out there who can help us with this information?
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