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Charles Douglas Roe                                         1882-1960
Charles Douglas Roe, DSO, OBE, Lieut-Col.,Indian Army, was born on 26 April 1882, the son of Richard George Roe and Isabella Bishop, at Plymouth, Devonshire.
He Married Daisy Blanche Marion Mackenzie-Kennedy.

Daisy Blanche Marion Mackenzie-Kennedy   1883-1951
Daisy was born on 21 January 1883, the daughter of Maj. Herbert John Whiteside Mackenzie-Kennedy and Sara Bisdee, at Morar, Gwalior, India.
I have identified the following children.
Isobel Constance Marion O'Neil b: 18 Sep 1905   Bakloh, India William Peter Bertram Arkwright DSO. Lt. Col. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Robert Gordon Brabazon O'Neil b: 15 Dec 1912   Ludhiana, Punjab, India Married Isabella Grace Farley
Richard John Owen O'Neil "Siano" b: 3 Jan 1918   Lahor, India Married Nancy Letitia Whitaker Bovill
Jacqueline Elsbeth Norah Thierllier O'Neil b: 28 Nov 1915   Taplow, Bucks Married George Loraine Conran

Birth of Parents
Charles Douglas Roe b: 26 Apr 1882               Plymouth, Devonshire       1882 2Q Plymouth 5b 294
son of Richard George Roe and Isabella Bishop

Daisy Blanche Marion Mackenzie-Kennedy b: 21 Jan 1883         Morar, Gwalior, India
daughter of Maj. Herbert John Whiteside Mackenzie-Kennedy and Sara Bisdee

1901 Census RG13-2814 1 April 1901 Edgbaston, Warwickshire
15 Ampton Road, Boarding School for Girls
Florence Wilkinson (s)
 Daisy B. M. M. Kennedy (s)
Plus 7 other girls
Plus 3 Governess'
Plus 3 Servants 		Age 45
 Age 18 		Superintendent
 Student
Students 		Attercliffe
 India 		Yorkshire
 (Brit. Subject) 		abt 1855
 21 Jan 1883

Marriage
19 Oct 1904
Charles Douglas Roe
Daisy Blanche Marion Mackenzie-Kennedy 		Bakloh, Puyal, India

Children
Isobel Constance Marion O'Neil Roe b: 18 Sep 1905               Bakloh, India
daughter of Charles Douglas Roe and Daisy Blanche Marion Mackenzie-Kennedy
Robert Gordon Brabazon O'Neil Roe b: 15 Dec 1912               Ludhiana, Punjab, India     Died Oct 1997, Age 85
son of Charles Douglas Roe and Daisy Blanche Marion Mackenzie-Kennedy

The Times, Wednesday, Jan 3, 1912                         BIRTHS
  ROE - On the 15th Dec., at Ludhiana, India, the wife of Capt. C. Douglas Roe, 4th Gurkha Rifles, of a son.   Indian and Colonial papers, please copy

Richard John Owen "Siano" O'Neil Roe b: 3 Jan 1918               Lahore, India
son of Charles Douglas Roe and Daisy Blanche Marion Mackenzie-Kennedy
KIA 26 Jun 1942, Age 24
Jacqueline Elsbeth Norah Thierllier O'Neil Roe b: 28 Nov 1915               Taplow Buckinghamshire       1915 4Q Eton 3a 1586
son of Charles Douglas Roe and Daisy Blanche Marion Mackenzie-Kennedy

The Times, Wednesday, Dec 1, 1915                         BIRTHS
  ROE - On the 28th Nov., at Taplow House Nursing Home, Taplow, Bucks, the wife (née Mackenzie-Kennedy) of Capt. C. Douglas Roe, D.S.O., 1st/4th Gurkha Rifles, of a daughter.

IN Memory of
Lieutenant RICHARD JOHN OWEN O'NEILL-ROE
H.M.S. Merlin, Royal Navy
Who Died Age 24
ON 26 June 1942

Son of Lt.-Col. Charles Douglas Roe, D.S.O., O.B.E.,
and Daisy Blanche Marion Roe;
husband of Nancy Letitia Whitaker O'Neill-Roe,
of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.
REMEMBERED WITH HONOR
LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Marine Parade West, Hampshire
The Times, Monday, Jul 6, 1942                         DEATHS
  O'Neill-ROE - In June 1942, killed on active service, Lt. (A) Richard John Owen O'Neill-Roe, R.N., most dearly loved husband of Nancy, and beloved younger son of Lt.-Col. C. Douglas Roe, DSO, OBE, and Mrs. Roe, of Mowhay, Belstone, Okehampton.

Lieut. Roe was killed over Strangford Loch, N Ireland, while doing running up trials before joining the HMS Illustrious. His body was never recovered. A fellow pilot collided with him, while the observer was also killed but the body was recovered off the coast of Scotland. More recently the wreckage of the plane (A Fairey ?) was discovered but the widow did not want it disturbed and it is now a designated war grave.
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

Death
Daisy Blanche Marion
(Mackenzie-Kennedy) Roe		 Died 9 Jan 1951, Age 67,       London       1951 1Q Surrey N.W. 5g 948

The Times, Friday, Jan 12, 1951                         DEATHS
  Roe - On January 9, 1951 in London, Blanche, eldest daughter of the late Major Herbert Mackenzie-Kennedy, wife of LT.-Col. C. Douglas Roe, and beloved mother of Isobel, Robert, Jacqueline, and Richard, aged 67.   Funeral, 1.30 p.m., tomorrow (Saturday), at Stonehouse Church, Glos.

Death
Charles Douglas Roe Died 23 Sep 1960, Age 78,       Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford       1960 3Q Oxford 6b 909

The Times, Monday, Sep 26, 1960                         Death
ROE - On Sept. 23, 1960, after a long illness, most bravely borne, Lt-Col. Charles Douglas Roe, D.S.O., O.B.E., late Gurkha Rifles, in his 79th year, beloved husband of Ida, and father of Isobel, Robert, Jacqueline, Siano, Lilac, and Richard.

SPECIAL THANKS  to Jane of Ottawa Ontario Canada; the Great Great Granddaughter of Sarah Anne Clark née Roe for the photograph, and many of the details provided above.