W C – Attewell – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 18/08/1916

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Title

W C – Attewell – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 18/08/1916

Initials / forenames

W C

Surname

Attewell

Railway company

Great Eastern Railway

Military unit

Suffolk Regiment, 4th Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

3951

Railway department

Ipswich, Goods

Railway job

Clerk

Date died

18/08/1916

Magazine reference

Great Eastern Railway Magazine: October 1916, p268

Memorial

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval

Notes

Aged 21, son of Mr & Mrs Attewell of 35 Belstead Road, Ipswich. He joined the GER on the 3rd of September 1907. He enlisted in February 1916. He was killed in action. <br /><br />The GER Magazine reports that his age was 22 when he died.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society), Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

16/11/2016

Last updated

16/11/2016

Citation

“W C – Attewell – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 18/08/1916,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 17, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/62120.