Daughter of Chatham man who died of Covid before virus was recognised in UK calls for her dad to be known as Britain s first victim
Published: 06:00, 10 March 2021
The daughter of a man who died of Covid in the Medway Towns before the virus had been recognised in the UK, has called for her father to be officially acknowledged as Britain s first coronavirus victim.
Peter Attwood, 84, a retired accountant from Walderslade, passed away on January 30 last year at Medway Maritime Hospital after falling ill before Christmas with a cough and fever.
Peter and wife Jean Attwood
On the request of Jane Buckland, after studying her dad s symptoms, she asked for a post-mortem report which confirmed after lung tissue was examined that he had died from Covid-19.