Fourteenth Generation

4610. Kyrle Rudston Chatfield was born on 14 October 1880 in Devonport, Devon, England. He appeared in the census in 1891 in Woodford Rd., Wanstead, Essex, England. He died Torpedoed at sea. on 24 April 1917 at the age of 36 in Africa, off. Birth GRO 4th qtr 1880
CHATFIELD, Kyrle Rudston Stoke D. 5b 328
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England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations
Name Kyrle Rudston Chatfield
Event Type Probate
Event Date 6 Jun 1919
Event Place United Kingdom
Event Place West Africa, United Kingdom
Beneficiary's Name Alfred Ernie Montacute Chatfield
Beneficiary 2 Name Amy Mabel Chatfield
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Civil Engineer, West African Civil Service. Drowned at sea by enemy action while returning from the Gold Coast.
Went to Nigeria & Ghana five times between 1909-1916.
Obituary
KYRLE RUDSTON CHATFIELD, Civil Engineer, lost his life in April, the ship in which he was travelling back from Africa being torpedoed. He was in the Hardinge 1896-1899. The Gold Coast Gazette, May 1st, said : " Mr. K. R. Chatfield, Provincial Engineer, Public Works Department, had been in the service of this Government since November, 1911, previous to which he was an Assistant Engineer in the Public Works Department of Nigeria. He had recently acted as Deputy Director of Public Works and also as Director, and the ability which he displayed in all the appointments that he held gave abundant promise of a distinguished career."

Kyrle Rudston Chatfield and Nellie Emma Clapton were married on 4 March 1913. Nellie Emma Clapton, daughter of John William Clapton and Annie Maria Fein, was born in 1885 in Islington, London, England. She appeared in the census in 1891 in Clarence St., Islington, London, England. She appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Clarence St., Islington, London, England. Birth GRO 4th qtr 1885
Clapton, Nellie Emma Islington 1b 363

Kyrle Rudston Chatfield and Nellie Emma Clapton had the following children: