BORN RIBSTONE, WETHERBY, 1885. SON OF THE LATE JOHN ROBERT ATKINSON AND HARRIET ATKINSON. A GENERAL ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 12/12/1915, AGED 30 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS. THIS WAS HIS HULL ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT AND 6.5 INCHES TALL, 136 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 09/07/1916. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/04/1917, AGED 32. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY, FOR 1 YEAR AND 23 DAYS. UNMARRIED. BOTH PARENTS DESCEASED. HIS NEXT OF KIN WAS HIS GRAND MOTHER, CHARLOTTE ROBSHAW. HE LEFT A BROTHER, CHARLES HENRY ATKINSON IN WETHERBY AND SISTER, ADELE WILSON, IN HARROGATE.
First name:
ERNEST WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
21996
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
13/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
32
