ATKINS Thomas Henry

  • First Name(s):
    Thomas 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    ATKINS
  • Service Number:
    7146
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Lincolnshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    1st November 1914
  • Age At Death:
    29
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Panel 21.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and enlisted Birmingham, resident Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of William H. and Kate Atkins, 7 Northwick Avenue, Worcester

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Private Thomas ATKINS served and died in WW1.

ATKINS Thomas Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Guildhall
Worcester St George’s Church
Worcester St Peter’s in St Martin’s Church

Further Information About ATKINS Thomas Henry

Great Western Railway Roll of Honour:
Thomas Henry Atkins Labourer/Signal Department/Worcester since 1913 Age 29 Private 1st Lincolnshire Regiment, Killed in Action 1/11/1914.

Source: The Great Western Railway in the First World War by Sandra Gittins, 2010.

A photograph of Private T.H. Atkins can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 15th January 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Thomas Atkins has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.

The following information is courtesy of Charles Anderson:
Thomas Henry Atkins is listed in the Lincolnshire Regiment Roll of Honour books located in Lincoln Cathedral.

Photo of entry in Lincoln Cathedral book ©Charles Anderson

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