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Pte. Edwin Atkinson
British Army 10th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Water End, Brompton, North Yorkshire
(d.26th Apr 1917)
Pte. Edwin Atkinson served with the Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion. He was injured had one leg amputated and died of his wounds at the age of 26 on 26th April 1917 in France. Edwin is is buried in Abbeville Communial Cemetery. The son of a farming family,his father was Thomas Joseph Brompton and his mother was Rose Helen (Nee Chapman York). Edwin was my Grandfather's brother.
Edwin's name is on the 1st World War Memorial Brompton Parish Church North Yorkshire.