FREDERICK JOHN COLDICUTT

The funeral of Mr. F. J. Coldicutt, J.P., took place on Friday afternoon last week, the opening portion of the service being conducted at St. John’s Church (whither the cortege proceeded from the deceased’s residence, Welldale,” Newtown Road) by the vicar (the Rev. A. G. P. Baines).

The mourners included: Mr. W. H. Coldicutt (son), Mrs. Walter Cooke (daughter), Mr. D. Finn and Mrs. Finn (niece), Mrs. W. H. Coldicutt, Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. N. Coldicutt (nephew), Mr. Edward Sal way, Miss Smith (housekeeper), Mr. Sherwood (solicitor). Messrs. E. Curwood, S. Pocock, and T, S. Jordan (employees).

The attendance also included the Mayor (Councillor C. A. Hawker), the following Borough Magistrates: Messrs. H. J. Midwinter, A. Jackson, J. Rankin, J. N. Day, J. Flint, and B. Hickman, Mr. W. R. Pettifer (magistrates’ clerk). Councillors T. W. Turner and G. Griffin, Mr. Stanley V. Pinniger, Messrs. E. J. Forster (South Berks Conservative Association), W. A. Ranshaw. and C. Dalby (Newbury Conservative Club); H. W. Les (representing the Newbury District Water company, of which Mr. Coldicutt was one of the original promoters and a director), N. Liddiard, W. C. Freemantle, W. Edmonds, J. Palmer, R. J. Adey, Walter Church. Mr. and Mrs. John Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Church. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Booth, Miss Wilson, Mrs. W. W. Penford, Mrs. the Misses Fielder, and others.

The interment took place at the Newtown Road Cemetery. The late Mr. Coldicutt was elected to the Magisterial Bench September, 1897. He was a son of the late Mr. W. Coldicutt, of Caversham and had attained the age 73 years.

Reading Mercury - Saturday 27 October 1917

FREDERICK JOHN COLDICUTT

THE LATE MR. F.J. COLDICUTT, J. P.

The death of Mr. Frederick John Coldicutt took place on Monday, the 15^th inst., at his residence, “Welldale,” at the age of 73. He was the son of the late Mr. W. Coldicutt, of Caversham, Reading. He came to Newbury in 1860, having purchased the old-established purveying business on the Bridge, from the late Mr. Edward Farrow. Here he continued to trade for about a quarter of a century, when he retired to Porchester Villas , and subsequently to his present home at “Welldale.”

Throughout his life he took a quiet but nevertheless a keen interest in all that pertained to the town and its welfare, and contributed generously to local necessities and needs. He was a strenuous adherent of the Conservative cause in politics, and the Church found in him a consistent member.

He held the position of Guardian of the Poor for a lengthened period, but he eventually resigned that position. He was Proctor of St. Marys’s Charity, and Trustee of other charities. Formerly he was a Governor of the Newbury Grammar School. He was one of the original promoters of the Newbury Water Works Company and was a member of the directorate. In 1897 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Borough, at the same time as Alderman A. Jackson and the late Councillor H.S. Hanington. In the early days of such official life he was always a reliable attendant upon the duties which devolved upon him, but for sme years now his health has been so continuously precarious as to incapacitate him entirely from all public tasks.

His wife predeceased him in 1903. He leaves two children, Mr. W.H. Coldicutt and Mrs. Walter Cooke, to mourn their loss.

THE FUNERAL

The funeral took place on Friday afternoon, the first part of the service being held at St. John’s Church (Rev. A. J. P. Baines) officiating. The mourners were Mr. W.H. Coldicutt and Mrs. Cooke (son and daughter), Mrs. D. Finn (niece), Mrs. W.H. Coldicutt (daughter-in-law), Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. N. Coldicutt (nephew), Mr. D. Finn, Mr. E. Salway, Miss Smith (housekeeper), Mr. Sherwood (Solicitor), Mr. E. Curwood, Mr. S. Pocock, Mr. T.S. Jordan, Mrs. Cottrell.

The polished oak coffin was inscribed:-

FREDERICK JOHN COLDICUTT

Died October 15^th, 1917

Aged 73

Newbury Weekly News 24 October 1917

Buried 19 October 1917 Bk 1917 008 no. 9657

FREDERICK JOHN COLDICUTT

Continued

Mr. Coldicutt was appointed a magistrate for the borough on September 10^th, 1897. On Friday morning at the sitting of the Court the Mayor, (Mr. Adrian Hawker) said they had heard with great sorrow of the death of one of their colleagues, Mr. F.J. Coldicutt, who had been a magistrate for just twenty years. For some time past they had missed his genial presence with them on the Bench, but during the time that health permitted he was regular in his attendance and most conscientious in the discharge of his duties. They desired the Clerk to forward an expression of sympathy with the family, and their high appreciation of his services. Mr. Pettier promised to carry out the wishes of the Bench.

Newbury Weekly News 24 October 1917

THE LATE MR. FREDERICK JOHN COLDICUTT, J. P.

of Welldale, Newbury, whose death occurred on October 15^th, left estate valued at £9,478 18s 5d., with net personality 35,787 4s 8d.

Newbury Weekly News 3 January 1918

Mrs P p 25 W159

Died 17 October 1917 aged 73

Also wife Tracey died 20 December 1903 aged 55