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Private George Daniel ATHERALL, G/11187, 8th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 1st September 1916.

Born Withyham, Sussex, son of George Daniel & Jane Emma Atherall, The new Building Ground, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent / 8 Homestead Cottages,  Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.


1911 Census - 5 Corsley Road, New Town, Groombridge, Sussex - William Goodwin, head, age 70, married, old age pensioner, retired farm labourer, born Speldhurst, Kent; Francis Goodwin, wife, age 69, married 50 years, 13 children, 10 still alive, born Hartfield, Sussex; Lewis Goodwin, grandson, age 31, single, roadman Rural District Council, born Groombridge, Sussex; George Atherall, grandson, age 15, single, cowman & farm labourer, born Withyham, Sussex; William Humphrey, son in law, age 28, married, bricklayers labourer, born Uckfield, Sussex; Emily Alice Humphrey, daughter, age 26, married 5 years, 2 children both still alive, born Groombridge, Sussex; William Humphrey, grandson, age 2, born Cheriton, Kent; Cecil Humphrey, grandson, age 1, born Groombridge, Sussex.


Enlisted Tunbridge Wells, Kent, age 20, height 5ft 5 inches, formerly farm labourer, Resided 5 Corsley Road, Groombridge, Sussex.

Home 22nd November 1915 to 14th June 1916; BEF, 15th June 19106 to 1st September 1916.

22nd November 1915, enlisted; 23rd November 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th November 1915, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th December 1915 to 24th December 1915, Military Wards Shoreham, septic arm following vaccination; 15th June 1916, posted BEF & 8th Battalion,  Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th June 1916, embarked for France; 15th June 1916, disembarked in France.

18th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father George Daniel Atherall, 8 Homestead Cottages,  Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Mother, Jane Emma Atherall, 8 Homestead Cottages,  Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Brothers - William James Atherall, age 19, 8 Homestead Cottages,  Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Frederick Atherall, age 17, 8 Homestead Cottages,  Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Walter Henry Atherall, age 15, 8 Homestead Cottages,  Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Percy Atherall, age 11, 8 Homestead Cottages,  Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Stanley Robert Atherall, age 7, 8 Homestead Cottages,  Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Sisters - Annie Louisa Atherall, age 22, Maidstone Asylum, Maidstone, Kent, Florence Violet Atherall, age 21, 1 Gerrard Place, London, W, Emily Alice Atherall, age 50, 8 Homestead Cottages,  Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent., Lily Francis Atherall, age 14, 8 Homestead Cottages,  Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Elizabeth Grace Atherall, age 9, 8 Homestead Cottages,  Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 11C., Somme, France.


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