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Serjeant WILLIAM HENRY ATKIN

Service Number: 43926
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

87th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. J. 18.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Husband of Edith Atkin, of Waterloo House, Ruswarp, Whitby, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE, PERFECT PEACE.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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