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NAME: Atkins, Arthur Clare
RANK: Sergeant
UNIT: Royal Marine Artillery
BATTALION ETC: HMS Indefatigable
REGIMENTAL NUMBER: RMA/8852
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 31st May 1916 Battle of Jutland
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
OTHER INFORMATION: Born 12th March 1880 at Hereford (Some sources give 22nd March). Enlisted 12th June 1900. Son of Henrietta Atkins & the late Joseph Atkins. She remarried (Boulton) and now living at 5 Moseley Road, Birmingham. Husband of Olive Atkins of 10 Westfield Rd, Eastney, Portsmouth. Married 21st December 1905 at Garboldisham Parish Church, Norfolk.