BORN LEVEN, HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM ATKIN (1868-1954) AND HARRIET ANN WALLIS (1872-1959), VERNON STREET, LEVEN. LIVED LEVEN. A FARM LABOURER LIKE HIS FATHER AN BROTHERS. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 01/07/1916, AGED 22. BURIED AT MAMETZ. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO BOTH PARENTS, WILLIAM AND HARRIET.
First name:
THOMAS
Military Number:
20506
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France
Age:
22
