BORN HEADINGLEY, LEEDS, 1895. SON OF RICHARD & JANE ATKINSON, AT BOLTON PERCY, NORTH YORKSHIRE (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 23 HERMITAGE ROAD, BRIDLINGTON, (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT HULL ON 04/05/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2010, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. POSTED TO THE 2/4TH YORK AND LANCASTER (HALLAMSHIRE) REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23/11/1917, AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON THE CAMBRAI MEMORIAL. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, JANE.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, THOMAS ATKINSON, 19990, 8TH YORK & LANCS, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 1ST JULY 1916.
First name:
JOHN EDWARD
Military Number:
41204
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/11/1917
Place died:
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France
Age:
22
