See also
Husband: | Lewis Philip Attfield (1869-1900) | |
Wife: | Martha Jane Shether (1873-1945) | |
Children: | Leslie Philip Attfield (1898-1956) | |
Mabel Annie Florence Attfield (1899-1991) | ||
Marriage | 7 Jun 1897 | Canterbury, Kent |
Name: | Lewis Philip Attfield | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | William Attfield (1833-1883) | |
Mother: | Elizabeth Knight (1839-1926) | |
Birth | 30 Sep 1869 | Cooper's Terrace, Farnham |
Baptism | 14 Nov 1869 (age 0) | Farnham, Surrey |
Census | 1871 (age 1-2) | Living with parents |
Death | 4 May 1900 (age 30) | Mooi River, South Africa |
Name: | Martha Jane Shether | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | - | |
Mother: | - | |
Birth | 20 Jul 1873 | Canterbury, Kent |
Census | 1901 (age 27-28) | Visiting Rachel Shether, 43 Military Road, Canterbury (widow) |
Death | 1 Sep 1945 (age 72) | 6 Clifton Gardens, Canterbury, Kent |
Name: | Leslie Philip Attfield | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Christiana Mary Holman (1900-1991) | |
Birth | 12 Feb 1898 | Canterbury, Kent |
Birth fact | 1898 (age 0) | 1898 Mar Qtr, Canterbury, 2a/857 |
Census | 1901 (age 2-3) | Visiting with mother |
Death fact | 1956 (age 57-58) | 1956 Sep Qtr, Canterbury, 5b/181 (aged 58) |
Death | 6 Jul 1956 (age 58) | Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, Kent |
Name: | Mabel Annie Florence Attfield | |
Sex: | Female | |
Spouse: | Walter Charles Herbert Malins (c. 1899-1953) | |
Birth | 29 Nov 1899 | Blean, Kent |
Birth fact | 1900 (age 0-1) | 1900 Mar Qtr, Blean, 2a/897 |
Census | 1901 (age 1-2) | Visiting with mother ("Martha Attfield") |
Residence | 26 Dec 1922 (age 23) | 11 Union Street, Canterbury, Kent |
Death fact | 1991 (age 91-92) | 1991 Jun, Canterbury, 16/381 (aged 91) |
Death | Jun 1991 (age 91) | Canterbury, Kent |
Lewis Philip Attfield died after the Siege of Ladysmith in the Boer War (information from Roger White).
He died on 4th May 1900 of dysentery at the Mooi River, South Africa ( where there was a large military hospital.)
The entry from In Memoriam: Roll Of Honour of Imperial Forces, Anglo- Boer War 1899-1902:
Regt. No 2157 Sgt Attfield L.P Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Information from Julia Wainewright
ATTFIELD Martha Jane of 6 Clifton Gardens Canterbury widow died 1 September 1945. Administration Llandudno 19 September to Leslie Philip Attfield board of trade examiner. Effects £242 13s. 10d.
Department of Health and Social Security and predecessors: Selected War Pensions Award Files for Service Prior to 1914 PIN 71/28
Attfield Martha Jane . Attfield Martha Jane Department of Health and Social Security and predecessors: Selected War Pensions Award Files for Service Prior to 1914 Widows
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