Frederick Adam DATLIN1,2

17th Apr 18701,2,3 - 1920

Proof reader for The Times Office Printing House (made redundant about 1917)

Life History

17th Apr 1870	Born in Reading, Surrey, England.1,2,3
1871	Resident in 3 Victoria Street, Reading, Berkshire, England.2
1881	Resident in 5 Queens Cottages, Reading, St. Giles, Berkshire, England.1
between 1891 and 1911	Occupation Compositor.3,4
1891	Recorded in census in Was a visitor to the household of John Adamthwaite (35?), musician and dispenser
1891	Resident in 158 High Holborn, Holborn, London, England.3
1892	Married Florence WATLING in Lambeth, London, England
1893	Birth of daughter Alice Lillian DATLIN in Lambeth, London, England.4
1894	Birth of daughter Florence DATLIN in Wandsworth, London, England
1894	Death of daughter Florence DATLIN in Wandsworth, London, England
1899	Birth of daughter Daisy D DATLIN in Lambeth, London, England.4
1901	Resident in 7 Theed Street, Lambeth, London, England
1910	Birth of daughter Florence Catherine DATLIN in Lambeth, London, England
1911	Resident in Whittlesey Street, Lambeth, London, England
1915	Occupation Proof reader for The Times Office Printing House (made redundant about 1917)
1915	Physical description weight: 146lbs: height 5 ft 9 in: chest 36.5 in: butterfly tattoo onleft forearm: mole on left shoulder
1915	Resident in 15 Whittlesey Street, Lambeth, London, England
1920	Died in Lambeth, London, England

Notes

Frederick Adam Datlen - Private 5883 - Army Ordnance Corps

Born: 17 April 1870
Father: George Frederick Marlow Datlen
Mother: Catherine Carr

Frederick Adam Datlen's Enlistment papers tells us quite a lot abouthim. He joined the Army Ordnance Corps on 8th April 1915 in Woolwich.He gave his address as 15 Whittlesea Street, Lambeth, London He gavehis age as 42 years old (when in fact he was 45 years old), born inReading, Berkshire and he married to Florence Watling on 6th June1892. They had two daughters, Daisy born 8th September 1899 in Lambethand Florence born 14th January 1910 also in Lambeth

He is described as being 5 foot 9 inches tall, his chest measurementwas 36.5 inches with a range of expansion of 3 inches. He had a tattooof a butterfly on his left forearm and a mole on his left shoulderblade. His medical report indicates that he was 146lbs in weight andof good physical development. He had three vaccination marks on hisleft arm which were made in infancy. His vision was 6/12 for his righteye and 6/6 for his left eye.

Frederick's first days with the Ordance Survey Corps involved handlinglarge quantities of chilled beef. This coupled with the fact that hewas frequently caught in the rain whilst on duty resulted in hishands, legs and feet becoming painful and swollen. He spent theremaining two months of service in hospital. A medical report statesthat he "Suffers from pain in hands & feet chiefly a finger - severalsmall joints in both hands affected very particularly proximalinter-phalangeal joint of middle finger. Slight thickening over rightheel. Not the result but aggravated by recent service." The doctorrecommended Radium heat treatment at hospital.

Frederick was discharged on 15th June 1915 on account of "beingphysically unfit suffering from Chronic Rhumatoid Arthritis whichoriginated in 1908, place unknown." He was able to rejoin his place ofwork as a proof-reader for The Times Office Printing House earning60/- (including 10% bonus). However, due to the strains of war TheTimes was forced to reduce production and Frederick was a casualty ofredundancy. In April 1917 he made a claim for an army pension and theInvalid board finding that "He is still in a state of financialembarrassment owing to protracted period of unsettlement." Awarded hima pension payment for 52 weeks.

A subsequent medical report held in September 1918 found that therewere no grounds for continuation of pension.

Frederick Datlen died in Lambeth in 1920 aged 50 years old. His widowFlorence died in Hounslow in 1966 aged 93 years. Their daughter Daisymarried in 1924 into the Barrett family. And Florence married in 1936into the Prosser family.

Sources

1. 1881 British Census for George Frederick Datlin of Reading, Berkshire
- Name: The National Archives; Date: 3rd April 1881;
2. 1871 British Census for George Datlen of Reading, Berkshire
- Name: The National Archives; Date: 2nd April 1871;
3. 1891 British Census for John Adamthwaite of Holborn, London
- Name: The National Archives; Date: 5th April 1891;
4. 1901 British Census for Frederick Datlin of Lambeth, London
- Name: The National Archives; Date: 31 March 1901;