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Pte. Charles Kerr Docherty
British Army 4th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
(d.24th Jun 1919)
Charles Docherty was born in Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland on 2nd of September 1878. He was the 6th of 9 children to Bernard Docherty and Mary Guthrie. Charles was a ships joiner, first in Clydebank Glasgow and then presumably ending up in Ipswich. It wasn't uncommon for shipyard workers to sail with vessels. It seems he initially enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment on 8th of May 1909 and rejoined on 8th of November 1914. He was discharged on 21st of June 1916 and died of his wounds 3 years later on 24th of June 1919 and was laid to rest at Ipswich Old Cemetery.
I had been looking for Charles for sometime, wrongly assuming he may have joined the Navy. I am both sad and happy at discovering his life after 1911 as now it shall be recorded in our family tree and he will not be forgotten.
