FREDERICK ATTREE WESTON
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Born: 29th July 1892, Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London.
Died: 30th September 1946; age: 51; at the Isolation Hospital, Ipswich.
Residence: 508, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: an Office Caretaker and Parish Hall Keeper.
Enlistment details: Location: Chatham, Occupation: Office Boy. Signed up for 12 years – 29th July 1910. Height: on joining 5ft 3 1/2ins, height at 18 years 5ft 6ins, fresh complexion, grey eyes & brown hair.
Service:
Ganges I – Boy 2nd Class – 14th May 1908 – 4th September 1908
Impregnable – Boy 2nd Class – 5th May 1908
Impregnable – Boy 1st Class – 27th November 1908 – 7th June 1909
Allemarle – Boy 1st Class Telegraphist – 8th June 1909 – 17th February 1910
Pembroke I – Boy 1st Class Telegraphist – 18th February 1910 – 29th March 1910
Bulwark – Boy 1st Class Telegraphist – 30th March 1910 – 21st June 1910
Pembroke I – Boy 1st Class Telegraphist – 22nd June 1910
Pembroke I – Ordinary Telegraphist- 29th July 1910
Blenheim – Ordinary Telegraphist – 8th August 1910
Blenheim – Telegraphist – 28th June 1911 – 3rd December 1912
Offence: 4th December 1912 – Sentenced to 6 calendar months detention for striking his Superior Officer being in the execution of his office.
Pembroke I – Telegraphist – 6th May 1913 – 30th June 1913
Lord Nelson – Telegraphist – 1st July 1913 – 15th March 1914
Pembroke I – Telegraphist – 16th March – 1914 – 29th July 1914
Juno – Telegraphist – 30th July 1914
Juno – Leading Telegraphist – 1st June 1915 – 10th May 1917
Pembroke I – Leading Telegraphist – 11th May 1917 – 17th September 1917
Halcyon – Leading Telegraphist – 18th September 1917
Halcyon – Petty Officer Telegraphist – 31st – July 1918 – 7th February 1919
Victory I – Petty Officer Telegraphist – 8th February 1919
Pembroke I – Petty Officer Telegraphist – 12th April 1919 – 20th May 1919
Pembroke I – Master at Arms/Regulating Petty Officer – 21st May 1919 – 5th June 1919
Tyne – Master at Arms/Regulating Petty Officer – 6th June 1919 – 28th November 1919
Pembroke I – Master at Arms/Regulating Petty Officer – 29th November 1919 – 27th December 1919
Ganges – Master at Arms/Regulating Petty Officer – 28th December 1919 – 20th May 1920.
Rank: Master at Arms; Service Number: C/M 35840.
Regiment: Royal Navy, H.M.S. ‘Ganges.’
Grave Reference:
X.D.2.174.
Ipswich.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of William Edwin & Elizabeth Charlotte Rose Weston; husband of Hilda Emma Weston. of Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 106, Goldsmith Avenue, East Ham, Essex.
Frederick was 8 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
William Edwin Weston, 41, a Commission Agent, born Limehouse, Middlesex.
Elizabeth Charlotte Rose Weston (nee Attree), 41, born Limehouse.
Edith Charlotte Weston, 18, a Shirt Machinist, born Limehouse.
Beatrice Mary Weston, 17, born Hackney, Middlesex.
Ada Rose Weston, 14, born Hackney.
George Thomas Weston, 12, born Bow, Middlesex.
Elsie Maud Weston, 6, born Manor Park, Essex.
Florence Victoria Weston, 3, born Manor Park.
Clarissa Amy Weston, 10 months, born Manor Park.
1911 Hanover Square, 65, Church Street, Harwich, Essex.
Frederick was 18 years old, an Ordinary Telegraphist for H.M.S. ‘Blenheim’. He was 1 of 8 visitors at the home and business of 55 year old, widow Harriet Dorman, a Licensed Victualler & Restaurant.
1921 11, Ontario Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Frederick was 28 years and 11 months old. He was serving in the Royal Navy and ranked as a Regulating Petty Officer. He lived with his partner and son, and sister-in-law.
Hilda Weston, 23 years old, Home Duties.
William Weston, 22 months old.
Muriel Mabel Smy, 20 years & 7 months old, Home Duties, born Pin Mill, Suffolk.
Frederick’s mother, Elizabeth Charlotte Rose Weston, died in April 1926 in Ilford, Essex. His father, William Edwin Weston, died in October 1946 in Ilford, Essex.
Frederick and his partner, Hilda Emma Smy (1st marriage Burgess), born May 1898, Harwich, Essex – died August 1941, Ipswich.
Hilda and Frederick had four children:
William Frederick Weston, born July 1919, Ipswich.
Ronald Milford Weston, born September 1921, Ipswich.
Hilda Joan Weston, born August 1926, Ipswich.
Gloria Doreen Weston, born 1929, Ipswich.
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939
Frederick was an Office Caretaker & Parish Hall Keeper – and a pensioned Naval Master at Arms. He lived with his partner and their children at the family home – 508, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.
Hilda, unpaid Domestic Duties.
William, a Cement Concrete Worker & Pipe Maker.
Ronald, a Cement Concrete Worker & Pipe Maker.
Hilda, at School.
Gloria, at School.
Frederick’s brother, Charles William Weston, lost his life in the First World War on the 1st November 1914, at Coronel, Chile. He was 29 years old, an Able Seaman for the Royal Navy on board H.M.S. ‘Good Hope’. He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Probate to George Upson Parker, a construction engineer.
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