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NAME:                      Atkins, George
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Durham Light Infantry   (formerly T/26543 Army Service Corps)
BATTALION ETC:             1/8th Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         88918
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Died 6th October 1918 as a prisoner of war
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Niederzwehren Cemetery, Hessen, Germany
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 28. Born about 1890 at Portsmouth.
                           Son of William Henry & Susan Ann Atkins of 9 Jersey Road, Buckland Portsmouth,
                           Family living there 1911.
                           Husband of Lilian Sarah Taylor (formerly Atkins) of 43 Tennyson Rd., Copnor, Portsmouth.
                           Married Oct/Nov/Dec 1913 at Portsmouth.
                           On pension card address is 18 Connaught Road, North End, Portsmouth
                           Served from 4th August 1914.
                           His address in the National Roll of the Great War - Portsmouth is 36 Finsbury Street, Buckland, Portsmouth.
                           Born & enlisted: Portsmouth.