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NAME: Atkins, John
RANK: Able Seaman
UNIT: Royal Navy
BATTALION ETC: HMS Good Hope
REGIMENTAL NUMBER: SS/1544 (R.F.R. B. 4569.)
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Killed in action 1st November 1914
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
OTHER INFORMATION: Age 26 (Age 22 in CWGC). Born 1st January 1888 at Portsmouth, Hampshire. Joined navy 30th August 1906, left 10th September 1911. Rejoined 12th July 1914. Son of Adelaide Augusta Atkins of 25 Brompton Rd., Mile End, Portsmouth. (On navy war graves roll mothers name is given as Julia.)