BORN WHITBY, YORKS. 1881. SON OF JOHN ATKINSON (1847-1927) & MARGARET ELLEN HODGMAN (1860-1929), OF 32 COLONIAL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TEN SISTERS.
A HOUSE PAINTER BEFORE THE WAR. HE WAS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED, WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 37.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11TH JANUARY 1915, WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. THIS WAS THE 4TH HULL PALS BATTALION, KNOWN AS THE (‘T’OTHERS). HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION AND WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT, IN ‘B’ COMPANY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, NEAR ZONNEBEKE, BELGIUM, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 37. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN
HIS NAME IS ALSO LISTED ON THE HULL CITY ENGINEER DEPT. MEMORIAL (CURRENT LOCATION UNKNOWN). HE IS PICTURED HERE WITH HIS FIANCEE (UNKNOWN).
Thank You to Ray Page, the Great Nephew of George Ernest Atkinson, for help providing the above details.
