Chatfield, Robert Sivewright

Birth Name Chatfield, Robert Sivewright
Gender male
Age at Death 38 years, 28 days

Narrative

Md. his cousin

South Africa Magazine, 2 November 1918
DEATHS
CHATFIELD—At Elmsett House, Kimberley, from pneumonia following Spanish influenza, Robert Sivewright CHATFIELD, second son of the late George Eugene CHATFIELD, and grandson of the late Rev. Robert Money CHATFIELD, M.A., Vicar of Woodford, Salisbury, Wilts. By cable.

QUERY
Lieutenant R CHATFIELD, an excellent officer, has shown conspicuous gallantry.

Robert Sivewright Chatfield was the local golfing champion and one of the top amateurs of the time – in the early 1900s. He was also an officer with the Kimberley Light Horse during the Anglo-Boer War.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 26 September 1880 Bloemfontein, Orange Freestate, South Africa    
Death 24 October 1918 Elmsett House, Kimberley, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa    

Cause: Pneumonia following Spanish influenza

Occupation     Diamond dealer.  

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Chatfield, George Eugene17 November 183827 September 1893
Mother Page, Frances Anneabout 185326 November 1916
    Brother     Chatfield, Kyrle Roderick Money 13 January 1873 14 April 1904
    Sister     Chatfield, Ella Georgina 23 April 1874 1957
    Sister     Chatfield, Mabel Jesson 12 June 1875 October 1926
    Sister     Chatfield, Kate Eugenia 8 September 1877 22 October 1918
    Sister     Chatfield, Mary Grace Cumming 26 February 1879 28 October 1954
         Chatfield, Robert Sivewright 26 September 1880 24 October 1918
    Sister     Chatfield, Alice Maud 17 February 1882
    Sister     Chatfield, Blanche Cecilia 4 May 1884
    Brother     Chatfield, George Roland 8 February 1888 5 June 1888
    Brother     Chatfield, Gordon Cumming 27 May 1889 9 October 1947

Families

Family of Chatfield, Robert Sivewright and Scratchley, Dorothy Isabel Mary
Married Wife Scratchley, Dorothy Isabel Mary ( * 3 January 1891 + 15 January 1980 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1 August 1916 St George’s Cathedral, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa    
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Chatfield, Roderick Money22 March 19181993
  Attributes
Type Value Notes Sources
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Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
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