Soldiers who Survived
John ATKINSON
Regiment
Rank / Number
Date of Birth
Residence
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Royal Field Artillery, 165th Battalion, Unit D/165
Corporal 142311
1890
13 Ward Street, Prescot
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Born in 1890, John whose family originated from Scotland, lived at 13 Ward Street, Prescot with parents George and Alice and came from a family of eleven children,two of whom died.
A shop assistant, John who was unmarried, enlisted in December 1914 and went into the Army Reserve. He was mobilised on the 2nd May 1916 and posted to France on the 13th December 1916.
In October 1918 he was granted 14 days leave to the UK by which time he had been promoted to Lance Sergeant.
Records show that in November of that year he spent two weeks suffering from influenza although it is not clear whether this was in England or France.
At the end of the war he was posted back to a dispersal camp in Ripon, Yorkshire in May 1919 and was discharged from there in June the same year.
A shop assistant, John who was unmarried, enlisted in December 1914 and went into the Army Reserve. He was mobilised on the 2nd May 1916 and posted to France on the 13th December 1916.
In October 1918 he was granted 14 days leave to the UK by which time he had been promoted to Lance Sergeant.
Records show that in November of that year he spent two weeks suffering from influenza although it is not clear whether this was in England or France.
At the end of the war he was posted back to a dispersal camp in Ripon, Yorkshire in May 1919 and was discharged from there in June the same year.
Below is a letter dated June 14th 1969 to John Atkinson from his former Commanding Officer.
Acknowledgement: Arnold Atkinson of Rainhill