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Private GEORGE WILLIAM ATKINS

Service Number: 1238
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

"A" Coy. 7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART

III. B. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. L. Kirk; husband of Nancy Careswell (formerly Atkins), of 78, Prince of Wales Rd., Kentish Town, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART
Somme France
Number of casualties: 380
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