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, K.O.Y.L.I. HE TRANSFERRED AND SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH 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).
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
2494
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
22
1 HASLEMERE TERRACE, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
