BORN HULL 1893. SON OF MARIA AND JOSEPH ATKINSON, OF SOUTH PARADE, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HUSBAND TO ANNIE (BELL) & THEIR BABY, AT 1 HASLEMERE TERRACE, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL AND LATER 1 LESLIE AVENUE, SUBWAY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
HE WORKED IN THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS’S FREIGHT & SHUNTERS DEPTARTMENT.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE 13762, KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, TO THE 7TH ROYAL MUNSTER FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 22.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/08/1917.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED AS KILLED, ON THE SOUTH PARADE SHRINE, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (Hull Daily Mail 03 October 1916).
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE ST JOHN THE BAPTIST WW1 MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.
