Atkinson, Edgar

Dunswell WW1 Memorial, St Faiths Church.

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