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Military service
Service number:
6292
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
October 14, 1892
Woodchurch, England
Enlistment:
September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
June 15, 1915
Givenchy, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George and Ivy Atkinson, of Greasby, Birkenhead, England.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Harold Atkinson
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Harold Atkinson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 3 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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