Frederick Alleyne CORFIELD ^{1 2}

   Cause of his death was Pneumonia.

  General Notes:

Baptised by his uncle Claude Corfield.
Frederick had inherited his father's interest in family history and updated the pedigree.
He had served in the militia since a teenager and was commissioned in the Northampton Regiment in 1904. Following his marriage he transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps serving in Hereford where Mary was born. He was then posted to Jamaica from where he had only recently returned when the first World War broke out.
Frederick proceded to France with the original British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and almost imediately graduated to the staff. He was serving as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General (DAQMG) 30th Division at Ypres. Frederick was awarded the DSO in 1917 and mentioned in despatches and was awarded the OBE in 1919. He had also been awarded the Croix de Guerre from Belgium.
After serving as Assistant Quartermaster-General (AQMG) with the British Army of the Rhine, he returned home to take the Staff Course at the Staff College in Camberley which he duly passes gianing the affix 'psc' (Passed Staff College).
In 1928 he transferred to the Indian Army serving in the Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC).
On 23rd February 1939 he was confirmed as Inspector of the RIASC and promoted to Brigadier. He died on 29th April just before a planned visit back to England.

Of Chatwall Hall. Lord of the Manor of Longville and formerly of Ormonde Fields, Derbyshire which estate he sold in 1911.

Educated at Cheltenham College.

There is a plaque to his memory in St James's Church, Cardington.

Frederick married Mary Graham VERNON, daughter of Thomas Bowater VERNON and Unknown, on 27 Nov 1907 in Carshalton, Surrey. (Mary Graham VERNON was born on 5 Mar 1885 and died on 17 Sep 1968 in 102 Fishbourne Road, Chichester.)

  Marriage Notes:

Married by Frederick's uncle Claude Corfield.