Inscription
266939 SAPPER
F J ATTRILL
ROYAL ENGINEERS
9TH NOVEMBER 1918 AGE 34
+
A DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND
AND FATHER
FROM WIFE FLORENCE
AND DAUGHTER JOAN
Further Information
Frederick James Attrill
Son of Charles Attrill and Kate Attrill (née Petty); husband of Florence Attrill, of 1, Prospect Cottage, School St., Oakfield, Ryde, Isle of Wight.
Born 1884, St Helens, Isle of Wight.
Married 27 Sep 1913, Florence May Saunders, Newport Register Office. One daughter, Kathleen Joan, born 1917.
Census Information
1891 : Charles and Kate Attrill, with their children, including Frederick aged 7, are at 9 School Street, Oakfield, Ryde.
Charles Attrill is a Labourer.
1901 : Caroline [sic] Attrill, with her children, but not Frederick, are at 12 School Street, Oakfield, Ryde.
Caroline [sic] Attrill is a Laundress.
Frederick Attrill, aged 18, is a Private in the Hussars, at Woolwich Barracks in Kent.
1911 : Kate Attrill, with her children, including Frederick aged 27, are at 9 School Street, Oakfield, Ryde. Kate Attrill
is a Laundress (own account); Frederick Attrill is a General Labourer.
Service History
Sapper 266939 Frederick James Attrill, Royal Engineers.
Appears to have served also as a Private in the Hussars (1901 Census).
Served with the Royal Engineers throughout WW I, latterly as a Platelayer with the Army Railway Dept at Longmoor, Hampshire. Discharged
as being permanently unfit for military service, with tuberculosis. Death registered in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire.
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Panel 01
Ryde Borough War Memorial WW I
Ryde St John's Church War Memorial
