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Private GEORGE ATKINSON

Service Number: 2908
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XX. G. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of I. and E. Atkinson; husband of Sarah E. Kelly (formerly Atkinson), of 31, Asby Rd., Lamplugh, Workington, Cumberland.
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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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