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Family of Benjamin John Attfield and Isabella Helen Rose Stephen

Husband: Benjamin John Attfield

  • Name:

  • Benjamin John Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Attfield (1843-1912)

  • Mother:

  • Sarah Brinkley (1843-1911)

  • Birth:

  • 20 Nov 1870

  • Shoreditch, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1870 (age 0)

  • Birth: Dec Qtr, Shoreditch, 1c/65

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Jan 1871 (age 0)

  • Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 0-1)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 10-11)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 30-31)

  • Domestic coachman, 14 Great Cumberland Mews, Marylebone (unmarried)

  • Occupation (1):

  • 23 Jun 1908 (age 37)

  • Domestic coachman, 14 Great Cumberland Mews, Marylebone (on son Philip's birth cert.)

  • Occupation (2):

  • 1939 (age 68-69)

  • Retired, 115 Warwick Way, City of Westminster, London

  • Death fact:

  • 1945 (age 74-75)

  • 1945 Mar Qtr, Westminster, 1a/492 (aged 74)

  • Death:

  • 1945 (age 74-75)

  • Westminster

Wife: Isabella Helen Rose Stephen

  • Name:

  • Isabella Helen Rose Stephen

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note:

  • ATTFIELD Isabella Helen Rose of 18 Hugh Mews London S.W.1 widow died 19 August 1948 at The Royal Infirmary Dundee. Administration London 29 September to Philip Stephen Attfield police officer. Effects £808 1s. 3d.

  • Birth:

  • 26 Mar 1874

  • Burnhead, Benholm, Kincardine, Scotland

  • Death:

  • 19 Aug 1948 (age 74)

  • Royal Infirmary, Dundee

Child 1: Alice Isobel Attfield

  • Name:

  • Alice Isobel Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Ronald Brewer (1905-1984)

  • Birth:

  • 27 Sep 1906

  • Burn of Benholm, Kincardine, Scotland

  • Death:

  • Mar 1990 (age 83)

  • Worthing, Sussex

Child 2: Philip Stephen Attfield

  • Name:

  • Philip Stephen Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Agnes Joyce Whyatt (1918-2002)

  • Note 1:

  • He Guarded Duke After Abdication. Det.-Dgt. Phil Attfield, the Scotland Yard detective who accompanied the Duke of Windsor as "bodyguard" in his dramatic dash across the Channel after the abdication, is leaving the Metropolitan Police force at the end of the month. His resignation was in Police orders last night.

    Sgt. Attfield is to take up a security appointment with the War Office, where he will revert to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel which he reached in the late war.

    During his service with the Special Branch he acted as bodyguard not only to the Duke of Windsor but also to Mr and Mrs Anthony Eden. He was present at the Duke of Windsor's wedding.

    Probably one of the most colourful personalities at Scotland Yard, he joined the Merchant Navy at 16 and sailed round the world before quitting seafaring in 1928 to join the Metropolitan Police. In his war service he was twice mentioned in despatches. He is a Scot, born in Kincardine. His mother was a member of the Clan Rose of Kilravock.

    Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette 24 July 1954

  • Note 2:

  • THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF WINDSOR: A HERMES WALLET the burgundy leather wallet, embossed with initials PSA and Christmas 1938, containing a small signed Christmas greetings card inscribed Mr Atfield/Wallis Windsor/ & Edward, 17 x 11cm. (when folded) Provenance: A gift to Colonel Philip Stephen Attfield, Christmas 1938, when he was the bodyguard for the Duke and Duchess. Thence by descent in the family. Attfield had accompanied the Duke on his dash to France after the abdication crisis in 1936 and also attended the Duke's wedding to Mrs Wallis Simpson. A number of press cuttings accompany the lot, some of which include Attfield photographed with the Duke and Duchess. One cutting details Attfield's death in 1956 when he was shot and killed in mysterious circumstances whilst providing security for the Governor of Cyprus in Nicosia. Estimate - 100-200

    Lawrences [Crewkerne]

    Archived Sales

    Collectables - Thursday, January 19, 2006, Lot No.458

    http://www.invaluable.com/PartnerPages/Lot.aspx?SaleHouseID=1040228&SaleID=1128716&UNID=216742942

  • Note 3:

  • ATTFIELD Philip Stephen of Nicosia Cyprus died 1 March 1956 at 2 Zavallis Flats Zavallis Buildings Nicosia. Probate London 13 July to Ronald Brewer D.F.C. hotelier and Alfred Milbourne Calder-Brown deputy planning officer. Effects £1774 2s. 4d. in England.

  • Birth:

  • 23 Jun 1908

  • 14 Great Cumberland Mews, Marylebone, London

  • Occupation (1):

  •  

  • Allocated to Special Branch, Scotland Yard

  • Occupation (2):

  •  

  • Bodyguard to Duke of Windsor & Sir Anthony Eden

  • Birth fact:

  • 1908 (age 0)

  • 1908 Sep Qtr, St Marylebone, 1a/486

  • Occupation (3):

  • 1939 (age 30-31)

  • Detective Sergeant, Metropolitan Police, St Georges Road, City of Westminster, London

  • Death:

  • 1 Mar 1956 (age 47)

  • Nicosia, Cyprus

Note on Wife: Isabella Helen Rose Stephen

ATTFIELD Isabella Helen Rose of 18 Hugh Mews London S.W.1 widow died 19 August 1948 at The Royal Infirmary Dundee. Administration London 29 September to Philip Stephen Attfield police officer. Effects £808 1s. 3d.

Note on Child 2: Philip Stephen Attfield (1)

He Guarded Duke After Abdication. Det.-Dgt. Phil Attfield, the Scotland Yard detective who accompanied the Duke of Windsor as "bodyguard" in his dramatic dash across the Channel after the abdication, is leaving the Metropolitan Police force at the end of the month. His resignation was in Police orders last night.

Sgt. Attfield is to take up a security appointment with the War Office, where he will revert to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel which he reached in the late war.

During his service with the Special Branch he acted as bodyguard not only to the Duke of Windsor but also to Mr and Mrs Anthony Eden. He was present at the Duke of Windsor's wedding.

Probably one of the most colourful personalities at Scotland Yard, he joined the Merchant Navy at 16 and sailed round the world before quitting seafaring in 1928 to join the Metropolitan Police. In his war service he was twice mentioned in despatches. He is a Scot, born in Kincardine. His mother was a member of the Clan Rose of Kilravock.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette 24 July 1954

Note on Child 2: Philip Stephen Attfield (2)

THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF WINDSOR: A HERMES WALLET the burgundy leather wallet, embossed with initials PSA and Christmas 1938, containing a small signed Christmas greetings card inscribed Mr Atfield/Wallis Windsor/ & Edward, 17 x 11cm. (when folded) Provenance: A gift to Colonel Philip Stephen Attfield, Christmas 1938, when he was the bodyguard for the Duke and Duchess. Thence by descent in the family. Attfield had accompanied the Duke on his dash to France after the abdication crisis in 1936 and also attended the Duke's wedding to Mrs Wallis Simpson. A number of press cuttings accompany the lot, some of which include Attfield photographed with the Duke and Duchess. One cutting details Attfield's death in 1956 when he was shot and killed in mysterious circumstances whilst providing security for the Governor of Cyprus in Nicosia. Estimate - 100-200

Lawrences [Crewkerne]

Archived Sales

Collectables - Thursday, January 19, 2006, Lot No.458

http://www.invaluable.com/PartnerPages/Lot.aspx?SaleHouseID=1040228&SaleID=1128716&UNID=216742942

Note on Child 2: Philip Stephen Attfield (3)

ATTFIELD Philip Stephen of Nicosia Cyprus died 1 March 1956 at 2 Zavallis Flats Zavallis Buildings Nicosia. Probate London 13 July to Ronald Brewer D.F.C. hotelier and Alfred Milbourne Calder-Brown deputy planning officer. Effects £1774 2s. 4d. in England.