Son of Richard and Annie Atkinson, of 242, Manchester Road East, Little Hulton, Lancashire. An old boy of the Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Formerly employed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company at Hunt’s Bank, Manchester. Enlisted April 1917 into the Training Reserve Bn. Formerly Royal Fusiliers.
Atkinson, Thomas –
Personal details
- Surname: Atkinson
- Forename: Thomas
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Little Hulton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Little Hulton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 19
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: March 27th, 1918
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 35864
- Regiment: East Surrey Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Preston, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton Municipal Secondary School
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company WWI Memorial at Victoria Station Manchester - and also WWI Roll of Honour Book
- Little Hulton Cenotaph - Little Hulton
- CWGC Memorial: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
- CWGC reference: Panel 44 and 45.
Local newspaper entries
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 26/04/1918 02/08/1918 27/12/1918