Kathleen Mary Atcherley [] was in her fortieth year when the Second World War broke out in September 1939. A daughter of Roger Atcherley, who left effects valued at nearly £4,000 when he passed away in 1936, Kathleen would have been reasonably well off, with plenty of leisure time to pursue her twin passions of gardening and golf. Kathleen was not… Read more »
eBay may not seem an obvious website for genealogists to use, but lurking within the multitude of items it has to offer there are some fabulous family history finds to be made. And while the fabulousness of old receipts might not be immediately apparent, the two I acquired through eBay in 2013 date back to the 1860s – and help… Read more »
Long before I became interested in the family history of my Atcherley ancestors and kin, the genealogy of the branch of the family living at Marton in Shropshire was researched in some detail and published in Burke’s “Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry.” I have found however that while the various versions of the genealogy published over the… Read more »
To mark the first anniversary of my mother’s passing on 22 February 2013, today I am sharing the tribute I read out at her funeral service. Family was very important to Mum [], she lived for her husband, her sons, her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Yet Mum herself was an only child, the daughter of Fred and Louisa Atcherley. Apart from… Read more »
Baptised on 9 February 1838 at the parish church of High Ercall, John Atcherley [] was the eldest of nine children born to Robert and Elizabeth. Under normal circumstances John would have been destined to take over the running of the farm which had been managed by his Atcherley forebears for a century. Things did not work out that way however…. Read more »
Updated 22 and 24 June 2015, 31 Jan 2017, 15 Aug 2025 Since the article was published Sir Harold Atcherley has, sadly, passed away. He died, at the age of 98, on 29 January 2017 in London. Sir Harold Atcherley [] is one of several former World War Two Prisoners Of War who have given interviews about their experiences of the… Read more »