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Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1876
CHATFIELD, Reuben Lewes 2b 164
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Census 1891
With sister Rhoda Bacon at Drove Cottage, Ditchling.
CHATFIELD, Reuben Brolaw S M 15 Plough Boy Sussex - Westmeston
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England and Wales Census, 1911
Name: Reuben Chatfield
Event Place: Hove, Sussex, England
County: Sussex
Parish: Hove
Sub-District: Hove
Sub-District Number: 2
District Number: 80
Enumeration District: 21
Registration District: Steyning
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Marital Status: Married
Marital Status (Original): MARRIED
Occupation: SCAVENGER LABOURER DUSTMAN HOVE COPORATION
Industry: BOROUGH COUNCIL
Number in Family: 5
Birth Year (Estimated): 1873
Birthplace: Ditchling, Sussex
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Schedule Type: 165
Page Number: 1
Registration Number: RG14
Piece/Folio: 329
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Reuben Chatfield Head M 38 Ditchling, Sussex
Jeanette Chatfield Wife F 31 Cuckfield, Sussex
George Chatfield Son M 13 Portslade, Sussex
Matilda Chatfield Dau F 7 Hove, Sussex
Frederick Chatfield Son M 3 Hove, Sussex
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United Kingdom, World War I Service Records
Name Rueben Chatfield
Event Type Military Service
Event Year 1903
Residence Place Canterbury, Sussex, England
Age 28
Military Company/Regiment Royal Field Artillery
Military Regiment 895
Military Battalion 1st Home Brigade, 3rd Sussex Battery
Birth Year (Estimated) 1875
Birthplace Ditchling, Sussex, England
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Driver 895 1/3rd Home Counties Brigade, 44th (Home Counties) Division, Royal Field Artillery. Born 1876 in Ditchling of parents James Chatfield and Eliza Wilkins and enlisted in Hove, Sussex. Died in Mesopotamia 25 June 1916. Burial: Amara War Cemetery, Al `Amarah, Maysan, Iraq. Plot: VIII. D. 13. On Hove Library World War I War Memorial. Entitled to the 1915 Star, Victory Medal and British War Medal.