More about Frederick Paton Wellwood

Fred was posted to Dundee in March 1915 where he was on the staff of the Dundee Recruiting Office. He died there 06.03.1917 from heart failure.

Frederick P. Wellwood   Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

SUDDEN DEATH OF RECRUITING OFFICER.

THE LATE CAPTAIN F. P. WELLWOOD.

Captain Frederick P. Wellwood of the Recruiting Staff at Dundee, died very suddenly while engaged in his military duties in the office in the Nethergate.  Captain Wellwood who resided in Carnoustie, was not feeling very well when he arrived at the office, and he had a seizure shortly before noon which quickly proved fatal.

He was a very capable officer.  Prior to the war he was a schoolmaster at Carnworth in the West of Scotland.  He had many years’ experience as a volunteer and Territorial officer of the H.L.I., and, although in middle life volunteered for service at the outbreak of war.  He was posted to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, with which he remained for some months.  Afterwards he was transferred to the recruiting staff at Dundee, where he had been engaged for nearly two years.

Captain Wellwood is survived by a widow and family.  He has a son in India, and another son is an officer of the Royal Scots.

Dundee Courier 7th March 1917

MILITARY FUNERAL AT DUNDEE—With military honours the remains of Captain Frederick P. Wellwood, late of the 10th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who died suddenly in the Recruiting Office, Dundee, while engaged in military duties, were interred yesterday afternoon in Balgay Cemetery.  Service was conducted in St Mary’s Parish Church and at the graveside by Col. The Rev. A. J. Campbell and Col. The Rev. H. M. Davidson.  The firing party was provided by the Royal Scots, and on the way to the cemetery the pipers of the battalion played “The Flowers of the Forest.”  The pall-bearers included Lieutenant Wellwood of the Royal Scots, a son of the deceased officer; Major Cappon, Lieutenant Hynd, and Lieutenant Scrimgeour, of the recruiting staff, Col. Sir Robert Cranston was also present.

Dundee Courier 10th March 1917