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Sergeant JOHN ATKINSON

Service Number: 1022291
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

619 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POIX-DE-PICARDIE CHURCHYARD

Row B. Coll. grave 29-30.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank and Margaret Atkinson, of Ryhope, Co. Durham.
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Buried or commemorated at

POIX-DE-PICARDIE CHURCHYARD
Somme France
Number of casualties: 149
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