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Surname: ATKINSON
Forename(s): Stephen
Place of Birth: Sedbergh, Yorkshire
Service No: 266040
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/6th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1917-11-27
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 6 and 7.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Stephen Atkinson was the son of John Booth and Mary Atkinson, née Dobson. John was born at Kirkby Lonsdale and Mary at Kentmere, Westmorland.
1901 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Ash Hyning - Stephen Atkinson, aged 3 years, born Sedbergh, son of John and Mary Atkinson.
1911 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Ash Hining - Stephen Atkinson, aged 13 years, born Sedbergh, son of John and Mary Atkinson.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Stephen Atkinson, 266040, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Stephen Atkinson, 266040, 2/6 W. Rid. R. Pres died 27.11.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Stephen Atkinson, 266040, 2/6th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: On or since 27.11.17. Death pres'd. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - John B. £21 12s. 3d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Stephen. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mr John Booth Atkinson. Relationship: Father. Address: Crossclose, Sedbergh, Yorks. Deceased. Dependant: Mrs M. Atkinson. Relationship: Mother. Address: 2, Ingmire Cottage, Sedbergh, Yorks.
Stephen was killed in action during the Battle of Cambrai, 1917, 20 November-3 December, 1917 at the Capture of Bourlon Wood, 23-28 November.
A short biography of Stephen is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Private Stephen ATKINSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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The Sedbergh men who gave their lives
Left hand panel - Top row (l-r): Private Thomas Cragg, Private Samuel Lakin. Second row (l-r): Private William Eglin Armer, Private Thomas Birkett Stockdale. Third row (l-r): Rifleman George William Burton, Private Frederick Proud Herd. Fourth row (l-r): Private Stephen Atkinson, Private Henry Wilson
Three-panel oil-painting, courtesy of the artist, David Hartnup
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25 January 1918
SEDBERGH - Missing
Private Stephen Atkinson, Duke of Wellington's, son of Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson, of Cross Close, Sedbergh, has been reported as missing since the 27th November. He was employed on the Ingmire Estate and joined up at the beginning of the war when barely 18 years of age.
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