< More Atcherley stories from World War 1 As my other World War One articles have shown, although no Atcherleys died in the Great War not all of those who fought came back unscathed. Some suffered relatively minor gunshot or shrapnel wounds, and one was wounded so severely that he was discharged before the war’s end. Jack Rowland Atcherley [] also… Read more »
< More Atcherley stories from World War 1 Updated 3 August 2014 They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell with their faces to the foe. From For the fallen by Laurance Binyon (1914). Although no Atcherleys lost… Read more »
< More Atcherley stories from World War 1 Updated 14 July 2012 and 2 August 2014. Samuel Atcherley was a first cousin of Henry Atcherley (see Henry Atcherley’s World War One). Like Henry, he joined the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Unlike Henry however, Samuel joined the KSLI long before the Great War started – and he was discharged from the… Read more »
< More Atcherley stories from World War 1 The army service records of Douglas Robert Atcherley [] reveal a man who served with three different regiments, before, during and after the Great War; a man who went to France to fight for King and country three times during that war; a man who twice received gunshot wounds; and a man who… Read more »
< More Atcherley stories from World War 1 On 13 November 1915, in the Shropshire town of Wellington, the physical condition of Henry Atcherley, of 68 Trench Lane was assessed by a Medical Officer. Henry, a driller employed by C & W Walker at the Midland Iron Works in nearby Donnington, was found to be 24 years and 6 months… Read more »
< More Atcherley stories from World War 1 Updated 5 December 2018. A selection of shorter WW1 stories featuring members, most of which I have (since putting this page online in 2011) developed and published on their own pages during the course of the First World War centenary. In time I will replace this page’s contents with a single story…. Read more »