Charles Kyrle Chatfield
(1836-1906), Army officerSitter in 1 portrait
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 27 February 1861
NPG Ax51640
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Colin J CHATFIELD
02 June 2021, 09:57
England Births and Christenings
Name: Charles Kyrle Chatfield
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 6 Mar 1836
Event Place: Woodford, Wiltshire, England
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 9 Jan 1836
Father's Name: Robert Money CHATFIELD
Mother's Name: Anna Maria JESSON
Record Number: 11679036
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Death GRO 2nd qtr 1906
Chatfield, Charles Kyrle Christchurch 2b 406
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British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
Name: Charles Kyrle Chatfield, Col
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 20 Apr 1906
Event Place: Yeovil, Somerset, England
Event Place Note: 102-9139
Gender: Male
Death Date: 15 Apr 1906
Newspaper: Western Gazette
Page Number: 12
Publication Date: 20 Apr 1906
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England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations
Name: Charles Kyrle Chatfield
Event Type: Probate
Event Date: 9 May 1906
Event Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England
Death Date: 15 Apr 1906
Beneficiary's Name: Ella Eugenia Ffrench (Sister)
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Colonel, late York Light Inf.. 1st Commn. 1855; Col. 1888; retd 1892. Served
in Afghan War 1879-80 (medal) and the Burmese Expedn 1887-88 in Command of 1st.
Bn. York L.I. (medal with clasp). (2nd Yorkshire W Riding) Kings Own LI.
The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : Saturday 31 December 1887)
PLUCKY BRITISH SOLDIER.-The Pioneer of recent date says:-"The 1st Battalion King's Own (Yorkshire) Light Infantry (late 51st), under the command of Lieutenant Colonel C. K. Chatfield, arrived at Mandalay from the Upper Burma frontier on the 31st October, in the Indian Marine steamer Sir Frederick Peel, en-route to England. A short time after their arrival a lance-corporal of the battalion, named Upton, fell overboard: the colonel, who was standing with his officers on deck at the time, seeing the man fall over, ran to the bridge and jumped overboard in his uniform after him. The corporal, who was unable to swim, rose only once to the surface, and sank just before the Colonel could reach him. He was never seen again. The Irrawaddy runs with dangerous force past Mandalay, and has proved fatal to many of our gallant soldiers. Men who fall in appear to rise only once, and then disappear in the most extraordinary manner. A few months ago a sergeant of this battalion was at Mandalay, on his way up to the frontier, and fell overboard from a steamer almost exactly in the same place, and was drowned. This N.C.O. could swim, but he was only seen to rise once, and was then swept away by the current and never seen again till his body was found some 50 miles below Mandalay. Colonel Chatfield's right hand was partly disabled was bandaged at the time he jumped over board. He swam some distance down the river in hopes of the unfortunate corporal coming to the surface again, but no trace of him was seen, though hundreds of eager eyes were watching from the decks of the steamer. Two men of a company of the battalion which had disembarked, Private Mills and he Staton, both fine swimmers, seeing the excitement on board and someone in the water, pluckily went into the stream and swam out towards the steamer, and afterwards followed their Colonel down the river. All three succeeded afterwards in reaching the shore without much difficulty."