ATTWOOD George William

  • First Name(s):
    George 
    William 
  • Surname:
    ATTWOOD
  • Service Number:
    208260
  • Rank:

    Sapper

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Engineers
  • Corps:
    Corps of Royal Engineers
  • Regiment:
    Royal Engineers
  • Unit:
    Inland Water Transport
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    1st April 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Basra War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave IV. J. 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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ATTWOOD George William Is Named On These Memorials

Amblecote Holy Trinity Church
Stourbridge War Memorial

Further Information About ATTWOOD George William

Resident Ambleside, Westmoreland, enlisted Stourbridge, Worcestershire.

George Attwood’s early life was spent at Dudley where his father was an anvil maker. His family then moved to Amblecote where his father was employed by Isaac Nash and Sons at Wollaston Mills. He enlisted in October 1916 and joined the Royal Engineers. He was sent to the Mesopotamian theatre where he worked with the Inland Water Transport section. At some point Sapper George Attwood contracted a disease in the course of his duties working on the River Tigris. He probably died at the military hospital in Basra. He was 20 years of age.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.