ATTERBY G.

George Atterby

Private 28281

"F" Coy. 17th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)

George Atterby died on 20th September 1917, aged 23 years, and was remembered on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

He was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Atterby, of Dalestorth, Skegby, Notts.

Notts Free Press, 19th October 1917

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’

GEORGE ATTERBY. Born Mansfield, Notts, enlisted Mansfield (resides Skegby, Notts). 17th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 28281, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 20^th September 1917 .

"Lest we forget - The Blackwell Colliery War Souvenier"

A. E. Atterby (sic), Dalestorth, Skegby. Enlisted 24-7-15. Pte., Sherwood Foresters. Actions: The Somme, St. Julien. Killed in action, 20-9-17, at St Julien.

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