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Military service
Service number:
177103
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
August 5, 1895
Enlistment:
Montreal, Québec
Death:
September 23, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mary Atkinson, of 54, New Church Place, Burmantofts, Leeds, England, and the late Thomas Atkinson.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Philip 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) -
Collage
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Robert Philip Atkinson
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Canadian Grenadiars Guards Memorial Book
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Philip Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Philip Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Philip Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Philip Atkinson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 48 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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