Basic Details
Surname
Atkins
Forenames
John Goodliffe
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
26902
Notes
The Roll of Honour lists his address as 119 High St, Old Fletton.

(CWGC records that Private John Goodliffe Atkins, regimental number 26902, died on 9/4/1917 serving in the 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment; having no known grave, he is commemorated on Bay 7 of Arras Memorial in France. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his next of kin was his widow, Edith E Youngs. The General Register Office records that John Goodliffe Atkins had married Edith Ellen Dunkley in 1907 in the Peterborough District; her 2nd marriage to William Youngs was recorded in the Huntingdon District in 1919).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Wiltshires
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
9
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
119 HIGH ST, OLD FLATTON
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial