ATKINSON William
ATKINSON William
Missing presumed died c.15 July 1916 Age 25
Remembered Thiepval Pier 13A France
ATKINSON William
Service Record
Private 33232 Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission have the following information:
Son of Peter Edward and Margaret Atkinson, of West View Bungalow, Crag Bank, Carnforth, Lancs.
The 1911 Census has him living at 12 Edward St with his parents Peter and Margaret Atkinson and his brothers Harold, Edward and Herbert. Missing in action July 1916 presumed dead. By 1915 12 Edward St had Robert Edward Brockbank's father living there
Commonwealth War Graves Commission age him at 26.
His brother Private H Atkinson is reported wounded by shrapnel in his right wrist and was being treated in a hospital in France, his other brothers had also signed up. This Private H Atkinson served in the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. The wound is reported on 1 November 1917.
The data is the editor's interpretation of documents from:
The National Archive
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Find My Past (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
Ancestry.co.uk (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
Everyone Remembered
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