{"id":132,"date":"2016-11-18T12:15:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T12:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/?p=132"},"modified":"2016-11-18T12:15:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T12:15:29","slug":"attree-joseph-1880-1918","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/2016\/11\/18\/attree-joseph-1880-1918\/","title":{"rendered":"Attree, Joseph (1880-1918)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Listed in 1881 Census as aged 5 months, living at 21 Hoopers Road, Rochester. The youngest of 3 children, father David Attree (Mariner) and mother Jane.<\/p>\n

1891 Census aged 11, now living at 13 Hoopers Road and gained another two siblings.<\/p>\n

1901 Census aged 21 living at the same address and employed as a Dairyman. Two of his younger siblings are no longer listed.<\/p>\n

1911 Census aged 31 still at the same address with his parents and one brother. Now listed as a Parcel Carman employed on the railway.<\/p>\n

Military Career<\/strong><\/p>\n

Private, 7th<\/sup> Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment 21518<\/p>\n

Killed in action on 11th<\/sup> February 1918<\/p>\n

Buried in Noyon New British Cemetery, Picardy<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.everymanremembered.org\/profiles\/soldier\/580182\/<\/a><\/p>\n

He left effects of \u00a310 7s. 4d. to his brothers and sisters<\/p>\n

Extract from the Regimental war diary (page 889)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 \u2013 8\/2\/18 Training<\/p>\n

9-10\/2\/18 Move to GROVEN by route march, to NOYON by train and to VALENCY by route march.<\/p>\n

11\/2\/18 Arrival of draft of 7 Officers and 174 other ranks from 8th<\/sup> Bn Bedfordshire Regt, which had been disbanded.<\/p>\n

Hostile Bombing raid. One bomb demolished a billet occupied by \u201cC\u201d Company. Casualties:- Killed; 9 other ranks. Died of wounds 1 Officers & 2 other ranks. Wounded ; 6 other ranks.<\/p>\n

12-13\/2\/18 Training<\/p>\n

Joseph Attree was presumably killed in the bombing raid while behind the lines at a training camp.<\/p>\n

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Ancestry.com sources<\/strong><\/p>\n

1881 Census Class: RG11; Piece: 886; Folio: 79; Page: 50; GSU roll: 1341210<\/p>\n

1891 Census Class: RG12; Piece: 657; Folio: 33; Page: 33; GSU roll: 6095767<\/p>\n

1901 Census Class: RG13; Piece: 724; Folio: 38; Page: 34<\/p>\n

1911 Census Class: RG14; Piece: 3892; Schedule Number: 254<\/p>\n

National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers’ Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 640001-641500; Reference: 378<\/p>\n

Military-Genealogy.com, comp. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.<\/p>\n

Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current<\/p>\n

The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; First World War and Army of Occupation War Diaries; Class: WO 95 Piece 2043\/1-7: 54 Infantry Brigade: 7 Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment (1915 Jul – 1918 Jul)<\/p>\n

Research<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sean Ryan, 2016<\/p>\n