John Samuel PATTISON

1888 - 1917  (29 years)

• Name	John Samuel PATTISON  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	2 Sep 1888	Durrus, County Cork   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8]
  Gender	Male
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	Durrus West, Cork, Ireland   [4]
  1911 Census	2 Apr 1911	Castletown, Westmeath, Ireland   [2, 8]
  	Chainman Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Boarder
  CA1915	4 Sep 1914	Belfast, Antrim, Ireland   [9]
  	Spr, 98 Field Company, Royal Engineers
  Occupation	4 Sep 1914	Belfast, Antrim, Ireland   [9]
  	2nd Division, Belfast
  _MILT	11 Sep 1915	France   [3, 5]
  	45991, Spr, 98 Field Company, Royal Engineers
  Commonwealth War Grave	18 Nov 1917	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium
  	45991, Sapper John Samuel Pattison, 98 Field Company, Royal Engineers
  Name	J S Pattison  [9]
  Death	18 Nov 1917	Belgium   [5, 6, 7]
  	3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station
  Person ID	I7852	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	John PATTISON,   b. Abt 1849, Cork, Ireland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary PATTISON,   b. Abt 1855, Tipperary, Ireland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Samuel Pattison was born in 1888 in Durrus, County Cork as the child of John Pattison and Mary Pattison. He had at least six siblings, namely: William Edward, George Henry, Kathleen, Mary Frances, Henry Victor, and Elizabeth Margaret. On 2 April 1911 John Samuel was employed as a Chainman on Ordnance Survey in Ireland. 4 September 1914: John enlisted into 98 Field Company, Royal Engineers. John arrived in France on 11 September 1915, his company was part of the British 21st Division. From 1 to 14 November 1917 sections of 98 Field Company were deployed on work near Polygon Wood. The unit War Diary records casualties of 5 killed and 2 wounded in this period. Sapper John Samuel Pattison, 98 Field Company, Royal Engineers died of wounds whilst being treated at the N°3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station on 18 November 1917. He is remembered on the Ordnance Survey War Memorial. His Commonwealth War Grave is in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.

  
  

• Sources

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