Edward A. Atkinson
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 92396. Gunner. R.G.A.(Royal Garrison Artillery). Called up May 1916. Sidesman. Married. At Gosport June 9. Home Oct.1 Nov. 226 Siege Battery Camp.15 Codford Wilts Went to France. Dec. Returned ill. Wife confined through shock. Child still born. Badly gassed Aug 1917 Home Oct. Nov. R.A.C.D. (Royal Armoured Corps) No.3 Co. 39 South Camp. Ripon Nov 1918 297 Siege Battery B E F (British Expeditionary Force).' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/1)
External sources: 12 Derby Road