The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E Atkinson

Private Edward ATKINSON, TF/4930, 1/4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died Brighton Sanatorium, 19th July 1916, cerebro spinal meningitis, age 39.

1878, born Brighton, Sussex.

1911 Census - 76 Princes Road, Brighton, Sussex - Alexander Atkinson, head, age 73, married, private means, born Bath, Somerset; Louisa Atkinson, wife, age 70, married 39 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Shoreditch, London; Edward Atkinson, son, age 30, single, tailors trimmer, born Portslade, Sussex.

Enlisted 29th November 1915, Brighton, Sussex, age 38, height 5ft 9 inches, resided 26 Buller Road, Brighton, Sussex. Formerly tailors trimmer.

29th November 1915, enlisted; 30th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 23rd May 1916, mobilized & posted 1/4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

18th November 1919 - Statement of Relatives - Both Mother & Father deceased. Mrs Louisa Winch, age 40, sister, 26 Buller Road, Brighton, Sussex. Brother, William Atkinson, age 43, 20 Flint Street, Reading, Berkshire.

Buried at Brighton (Bear Road) Borough Cemetery, ZGV.53, Sussex.

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