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FRED ATKIN
Kingston upon Hull HU3 1QL
England
BORN HULL 1891. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. SON OF JAMES BUTLER ATKIN & ADA ATKIN, OF 4, HUTT STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL. HE WORKED AS A CLERK FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. WAS A FORMER 3RD NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DESCRIBED AS 6 FOOT TALL, 159 LBS, 36.5 INCH CHEST AND 'GOOD' PHYSIQUE. ENLISTED HULL, ON 16/11/1914. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRES, IN EGYPT. PROMOTED SERGEANT, ON 04/06/1915. ARRIVED FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. KILLED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 24. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE MEMORIAL.
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Hauts-de-France
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