Atkinson Walter William Sapper - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Atkinson Walter William
|Army number=1891558
|Rank=Sapper
|Decorations=None known beyond any Service Awards
|Date of birth=Born 31/12/1919, Lambeth, Surrey. Mother's maiden surname Poulter. Walter's entry on Ancestry.co.uk. has his birth listed as 25/12/1918. CWGC has 31/12/1918.
|Age=(At time of death) 21.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 14/2/1940 - circumstances not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Details awaited.
|Joined Brigade=Not known to have served with the Brigade.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Died 14/2/1940 at Barnet, Hertfordshire. Cause of death not yet ascertained. Buried in Modern Cemetery, Section WB, Grave Number 1144. Private headstone - inscription reads ".
|Home address=Son of Walter William (1891 - 1958) and Elizabeth Ada Atkinson ( 1892 - 1968) of Morden, Surrey.
|Image Name=
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Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.

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 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=Died 14/2/1940 at Barnet, Hertfordshire.  Cause of death not yet ascertained.  Buried in Modern Cemetery, Section WB, Grave Number 1144.  Private headstone - inscription reads ".
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 14/2/1940 at Barnet, Hertfordshire.  Cause of death not yet ascertained.  Buried in Modern Cemetery, Section WB, Grave Number 1144.  Private headstone - inscription reads "Thy will be done".
 |Home address=Son of Walter William (1891 - 1958) and Elizabeth Ada Atkinson ( 1892 - 1968) of Morden, Surrey.
 |Image Name=Family_headstone.jpg
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 Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries.  There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.