World War I Casualty Biographies ALFORD, J - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial. - There seems to be no defining information available to identify this casualty. BARTHOLOMEW, HENRY GEORGE - Lance Corporal 18307 - 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment - Died 16th June 1915 - Age 19 - Born in 1896 at Henley, Oxfordshire; Enlisted at Devizes; Resident of Kent House, Amesbury; Son of Percival and Fanny Bartholomew, of Neston Lodge, Bath Road, Atworth - Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Grave/Memorial reference: Panel 53. - Commemorated on the St. Mary & St. Mellor Church Roll of Honour, Amesbury - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial - Named in the Atworth Section of the Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book, Salisbury Cathedral. BOSCOMBE, M. - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial. - There seems to be no defining information available to identify this casualty. BROWN, ARTHUR ROWLAND - Driver T3/025621 - 662nd H. T. Company (Park Royal), Army Service Corps - Died 6th June 1917 - Age 22 - Enlisted at Trowbridge; Son of James and Louisa Brown of New Buildings, Atworth - Buried in Atworth Congregational Chapelyard, Atworth - Grave/Memorial Reference:- In East Part - Headstone Inscription reads:- ‘Peace Perfect Peace.- Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial - Named in the Atworth Section of the Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book, Salisbury Cathedral. BROWN, PERCY VICTOR - Private 2492 - 1st/4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry - Died 1st August 1916 - Born in Stockley, Calne c1894; Resident of Atworth; Enlisted at Bath, Somerset - Buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq - Grave/Memorial Reference:- V. C. 10 - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial - Named in the Atworth Section of the Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book, Salisbury Cathedral. BURGESS, O. - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial. - There seems to be no defining information available to identify this casualty. CAINEY, GEORGE A. - Corporal 204640 - 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment - Died 27th May 1918 - Born in South Wraxall; Resident of Melksham; Enlisted at Bradford-on-Avon; Husband of Olive Turtle (formerly Cainey), of Purlpit, Atworth - Commemorated on the Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France. - Commemorated ©Wiltshire OPC Project/2017/Andrew Thomson on the Christchurch Roll of Honour, Shaw, Melksham - Named in the Shaw & Whitley Section of the Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book, Salisbury Cathedral CHANDLER, FREDERICK GEORGE - Private 9766 - 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards - Died 19th May 1916 - Age 21 - Son of William Henry & Emily Jane Chandler of Martins Glade, Seend - Buried in Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Grave/Memorial Reference:- I. A. 41 - Headstone Inscription reads:- Rest In Peace - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial - Named in the Atworth Section of the Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book, Salisbury Cathedral. DAVIS, A. J. - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial - Named in the Atworth Section of the Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book, Salisbury Cathedral. - There seems to be no defining information available to identify this casualty. ESCOTT, WILLIAM LOT - Ordinary Seaman - Mercantile Marine - S. S. Eskmere - vessel was lost when torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine 15 miles West North West of South Stack off the coast of Anglesey, North Wales whilst under Admiralty Commission as a coal carrier - Died 13th October 1917 - Age 17 - Son of Alfred and Louise Jane Escott of Atworth - Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, Trinity Square, London. GOSS, ALFRED JOHN - Able Seaman J/1665 - Royal Navy - H.M.S. Monmouth - vessel lost in the East Pacific at the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile - Died 1st November 1914 - age 23 - Born 27th June 1891 in Trowbridge; Son of Thomas W. and Emma Goss of Church Street, Atworth - Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, Devon - Grave/Memorial Reference:- Panel 1 - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial - Named in the Atworth Section of the Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book, Salisbury Cathedral. NICHOLSON, WILLIAM - Private 33250 - 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment - Died 31st July 1917 - Born in Barton St. David, Somerset; Resident of Atworth; Enlisted at Trowbridge - Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Grave/Memorial Reference:- Panel 53 - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial - Named in the Atworth Section of the Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book, Salisbury Cathedral. POCOCK, A. - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial - Named in the Atworth Section of the Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book, Salisbury Cathedral. - There seems to be no defining information available to identify this casualty. PORTER, F. - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial - Named in the Atworth Section of the Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book, Salisbury Cathedral. - There seems to be no defining information available to identify this casualty. REYNOLDS, ARTHUR GEORGE - Private PO/16799 - Royal Marine light Infantry attached to 526th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery - Died 22nd November 1918 of disease - Age 22 - Born in Bathford, Somerset on 4th August 1894; Resident of Atworth; Son of Samuel J. and Emily E. Reynolds of the Channels, South Wraxall - Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France - Grave/Memorial Reference:- L. F. 10 - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial - Named in South Wraxall Section of the Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book, Salisbury Cathedral. REYNOLDS, W. - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial. - There seems to be no defining information available to identify this casualty. ©Wiltshire OPC Project/2017/Andrew Thomson ROBERTS, J. - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial. - There seems to be no defining information available to identify this casualty. SAWYER, ARTHUR R. J. - Lance Corporal 2482 - 1st/4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry - Died 6th May 1916 in Mesopotamia - Resident of Atworth; Enlisted at Bath - Buried at Amara War Cemetery, Iraq - Grave/Memorial Reference:- VI. A. 4. - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial - Named in Atworth Section of the Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book, Salisbury Cathedral SHEPPARD, S. G. - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial - Named in Atworth Section of the Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book, Salisbury Cathedral - There seems to be no defining information available to identify this casualty. SLOPER, F. - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial. - There seems to be no defining information available to identify this casualty. TIMBRELL, HENRY JOHN - Private 24714 - 2nd Battalion Border Regiment - Died 28th October 1918 in Italy - Born in Atworth; Resident of Atworth; Enlisted at Devizes - Buried at Tezze British Cemetery, Treviso, Italy - Grave/Memorial Reference:- Plot 4. Row B. Grave 4. - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial. WEBB, CHARLIE - Private 30885 - 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers - Died 6th September 1917 - Age 19 - Born in Bradford-on-Avon; Resident of Melksham; Enlisted at Trowbridge; Son of Joseph and Eliza Sarah Webb, of Purlpitt, Atworth - Buried at Happy Valley British Cemetery, Fampoux, Pas de Calais, France - Grave/Memorial Reference:- C.2. - Headstone Inscription reads:- God is Love - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial. WEBB, H. - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial. - There seems to be no defining information available to identify this casualty. YOUNG F. - Commemorated on the Atworth Clock Tower and War Memorial. - There seems to be no defining information available to identify this casualty. ©Wiltshire OPC Project/2017/Andrew Thomson .