BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM & EVANGELINE ATKINSON, OF THE LAURELS, LITTLE CAWTHORPE, LOUTH. A SOLICITOR’S CLERK. HE LIVED IN LOUTH, LINCOLNSHIRE. ENLISTED AT GRIMSBY, ON 17/09/1914, AGED 20 YEARS AND 158 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 6 FOOT TALL, 151 LBS WEIGHT, 38 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BLACK HAIR. WESLEYAN RELIGION. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 09/01/1916. TRAINED AS A LEWIS GUNNER. ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS. APPOINTED LANCE SERGEANT, WITH THE 5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 18/01/1918. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 24. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY, FOR 3 YEARS AND 186 DAYS. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT HIS ONLY SISTER, EDITH MAY ATKINSON.
First name:
HERBERT
Military Number:
58
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
