BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. SON OF HERBERT ATKINSON AND LUCY HOPPER, OF COTTINGHAM AND DUNSWELL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN COTTINGHAM. SERVED IN THE 23RD TYNESIDE SCOTTISH. DIED A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 01/07/1918, AGED 21. BURIED IN GERMANY.
HE LEFT £57 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER HERBERT WHO WAS A FARMER.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE DUNSWELL SUN DIAL, WW1 MEMORIAL, ST FAITH’S CHURCH
First name:
EDGAR
Military Number:
266354
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1918
Place died:
Parchim Cemetery, Mecklenburg-Vorpomem, Germany
Age:
21
CLAY HALL FARM, COTTINGHAM, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
