ATTWOOD John

  • First Name(s):
    John 
  • Surname:
    ATTWOOD
  • Service Number:
    7072
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Lancashire Fusiliers
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Unit:
    D Company
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th April 1915
  • Age At Death:
    38
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey, Panel 59 to 73 or 218 to 219.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Rose Annie Tuey (formerly Attwood), 9 Back, 189 Great Francis St., Saltley, Birmingham

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

ATTWOOD John Is Named On These Memorials

Birmingham Goods District War Memorial now in Severn Valley Railway Museum

Further Information About ATTWOOD John

According to John Attwood’s medal index card he arrived in Gallipoli on 25th April 1915 and died of wounds later that same day.  He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the 1915 Star.

John Attwood was employed on the London and North Western Railway as a Checker in the Goods Department at Curzon Street Station.  His death was reported in the London and North Western Railway Gazette, Volume 4, July 1915, page 212. Listed in the London and North Western Railwaymen Roll of Honour Book with the additional information: Private.

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