BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF FRED & SARAH ATKIN, AT 3, VICTORIA PLACE, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL & 7, ALBERT’S PLACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. AN ERRAND BOY. WHEN WAR BEGAN, HE WAS WORKING IN THE OFFICE FOR OHLSON AND CO. LTD, CASTLE STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 8687, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/5TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 20. BURIED AT HERMONVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, FRED, WHO LATER MOVED TO 112, WELBECK STREET, HULL.
HIS PHOTOGRAPH & ADDRESS WERE PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 15TH AUGUST 1919. *
First name:
FRED
Military Number:
245086
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/05/1918
Place died:
Hermonville Military Cemetery, Marne, France
Age:
20
7 ALBERT'S PLACE, WALKER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
