An Old Volunteer
Death of Mr. Robert Chilton of Blaydon.
Mr. Robert Chilton, one of the oldest volunteers in the district, died yesterday morning at his residence, Field House, Blaydon, in his 71st year. The deceased joined the Newburn Battery if the Newcastle Voluntary Artillery about fifty years ago, and when the battery was disbanded he was transferred to Newcastle and reached the rank of Sergeant-Major. After twenty-two years service he joined the Newcastle Engineers and afterwards the Blaydon Company of the 5th V.B.D.L.I. When in the artillery the deceased won shooting prizes with both the carbine and field guns, and represented the engineers at Wimbledon and Bisley. He also represented the Blaydon Company at Bisley for several years. His two sons, Joseph and George, were also competitors at Bisley at the same time. He won numerous county and Battalion prizes. The deceased was a member of the Blaydon Rifle Club and held the championship during the last year of the club's existence before being amalgamated with Winlaton into the Tyne and Derwent Rifle Club, of which he was one of the founders. He held the volunteer long service medal. The deceased has two sons in the army, while his eldest daughter, Sadie, is a nurse in charge of a Serbian field hospital in Salonica. The deceased, who was of a quiet disposition and highly respected, leaves a widow and grown-up family of three sons and three daughters.

A quick search indicates that Joseph and George and daughter Sadie survived the Great War.