William Wilmot CORFIELD 1
- Born: 10 Apr 1859, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
- Marriage: Ellen HEYNES on 14 Jan 1885
- Died: 27 Oct 1919, 27 Longton Grove, Sydenham. at age 60
 General Notes:
William Wilmot Corfield went to King Edward's School, Edgbaston.
In Edgbaston he edited for some years the "Town Crier" , a monthly that later became a weekly. He also edited "Birmingham Faces and Places".
Associate Society of Accountants and Auditors, F.R.P.S.L.., resident in Calcutta 1886-1911.
In Calcutta he was active in the establishment of the Calcutta Historical Society.
He wrote "Calcutta Faces and Places in Pre-Camera Days" and contributed to "Bengal Past and Present". He also wrote poetry and and some of his topical verse was published in the Calcutta Press under the name of Dak, the Hindi equivalent of Post Office. They were published in book form in 1910 under the name Dak Dicta. In 1911 he published "More Dak Dicta".
Wilmot was also a noted philatelist and edited the Calcutta Philatelic World for three years and collaborated with Mr. C.S. Crofton in writing "The Adhesive Fiscal and Telegraphic Stamps of British India". Taking an active part in the philatelic work, it was at his suggestion that the souvenir stamp of the National Philatelic War Fund bore Mr. Partridge's design of the "Sword of Justice" which King George V deemed 'most appropriate'.
On his return to England, Wilmot settled at 27 Longton Grove, Sydenham in south London and was elected to Lewisham Borough Council. Early in WWI he undertook audit work for the Ministry of Munitions, suffering a breakdown as a result of overwork.
Notes:
• Census, 3 Apr 1881, 50 Beaufort Road, Edgbaston, Warwickshire. 2
William married Ellen HEYNES, daughter of Charles Augustus HEYNES and Unknown, on 14 Jan 1885. (Ellen HEYNES was born in 1863-1864 and died on 19 May 1926 in Lewisham 3.)
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