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Corporal GEORGE ATKINSON

Service Number: 565463
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOSPORT (ANN'S HILL) CEMETERY

Plot 189. Grave 10.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew Cosser Mather Atkinson and Louisa Atkinson, of Primrose, Jarrow, Co. Durham. His brothers, William Hunter Atkinson and James Atkinson, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HIS BROTHERS, WILLIAM, R.A.F. DIED 19.10.1941 AGE 25 AND JAMES, MERCHANT NAVY LOST AT SEA, 17.3.1942 AGE 22
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Buried or commemorated at

GOSPORT (ANN'S HILL) CEMETERY
Hampshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 290
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