Lance Corporal Arthur Atkinson

Army Number: 71467 (formerly 32014 North Staffordshire Regiment)

Battalion: 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Son of Mary E. Atkinson, of Hexham, Northumberland. He enlisted at Hexham and was killed in action, 3rd October 1917, aged 26, whilst serving in the line at Locrhoff Farm, Belgium.

Buried Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. Enclosure No.4 Plot 8. Row E. Grave 33.

Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium.
Lance Corporal Arthur Atkinson grave

Lance Corporal Arthur Atkinson is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Hexham Abbey War Memorial, Hexham, Northumberland.
Hexham Abbey Roll of Honour, Hexham, Northumberland.
Hexham General Hospital War Memorial, Hexham, Northumberland.