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Name : Joseph Frederick Quantrill (Drudge), Henry Quantrill & William Charles Quantrill Sons of : Henry Arthur Quantrill and Ada Matilda Quantrill (née Drudge), of Newport. Joseph Frederick Quantrill : Born : 1891 Newport (registered as Drudge). Henry Quantrill : Born : 1896 Newport. William Charles Quantrill : Born : 1898 Newport. |
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: 1891 : Ada Drudge, aged 19, with her son Joseph, aged 1 month, are in the Union Workhouse, Newport. 1901 : Henry and Ada Quantrill, with their children including Joseph aged 10, Henry aged 4 and William aged 3, are at 38, Caesar's Road, Newport. Henry Quantrill is a Private in the King's Royal Rifle Corps. 1911 : Henry and Ada Quantrill, with their children including Henry aged 14 and William aged 13, are at 142 High St., Newport. Henry Quantrill is a Boot Repairer and Confectioner. 1911 : [Joseph] Frederick Quantrill is serving with 63 Coy., Royal Garrison Artillery, in Valletta, Malta. |
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: Gnr 26580 [Joseph] Frederick Quantrill, Royal Garrison Artillery. Enlisted 17 May 1907. Discharged, with Silver War Badge for wounds received, 15 Apr 1919. Despite being named on the War Memorial, Joseph Quantrill survived the War, marrying Clara Rhoda Taylor in Willesden, Middlesex on 2 Nov 1919, and dying in Hastings in 1954. |
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Commemorated on these
Memorials : Newport Borough War Memorial |
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: Rifleman 10741 Henry Quantrill, 2nd Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps. |
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: Died : 1 February 1915 aged 18. Buried at : Newport Borough Cemetery CWGC Record |
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Commemorated on these
Memorials : Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Panel 10 Newport Borough War Memorial Newport Castlehold Baptist Church War Memorial |
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: Rifleman 330519 William Charles Quantrill, C Coy., 1/8th Bn., Hampshire Regiment (Isle of Wight Rifles). |
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: Died : 21 October 1919 aged 21. Buried at : Newport Borough Cemetery CWGC Record |
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Memorials : Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Panel 10 Newport Borough War Memorial Newport Castlehold Baptist Church War Memorial Newport St Paul's Church Parish War Memorial |
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Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
Isle of Wight County Press, 6 February 1915 |
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| Acknowledgments
: Antony Barton for research into the Quantrill borthers, showing that Joseph Quantrill survived. |
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