Yer Tiz May 2014 Vol 37 No 5 | Page 25

Send your news, articles and notices to [email protected] Lest we Forget Basil William Watts Not wishing to always be celebrating the death’s of the great war, this month I bring you the story of Basil a son of Atworth. The son of a baker and one of five boys born to Eli and Matilda (nee Angell) Basil William Watts was born in Atworth on September 24th 1893. He attended the village school, which in those days was under the headship of Henry Inkpen. Like others members of