Richard Walter ATKIN

1897 - 1917  (20 years)

• Name	Richard Walter ATKIN
  Birth	8 Apr 1897
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Aug 1917	Boezinge, Ieper, Belgium   [1]
  Burial	Dragoon Camp Cemetery, Boezinge, Ieper, Belgium
  Person ID	I2534	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Lord James Richard ATKIN,   b. 28 Nov 1867, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia d. 25 Jun 1944, Craig-y-don, Aberdovey, Wales (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Lucy Elizabeth HEMMANT,   b. 16 Nov 1867, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia d. 26 Feb 1939, London (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	16 May 1893	Sevenoaks?
  Residence	1916	Evelyn Gardens, SW London
  Photos		Hemmant - Atkin Wedding Wedding of James Richard Atkin and Lucy Hemmant 16 May 1893, Taken at Bulimba
  Family ID	F924	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 14 Aug 1917 - Boezinge, Ieper, Belgium Burial - - Dragoon Camp Cemetery, Boezinge, Ieper, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Richard Walter Atkin Gravestone
  		Dragoon Camp Cemetery
  		Richard Walter Atkin 1916/17 - Lieutenant Rifle Brigade
  		R W Atkin 1916/17 Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery
  		War Office Telegram re R W Atkin Notifying family of death of R W Atkin

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Short account of the deaths of Richard Atkin and Maurice Hemmant, 14th August 1917. Action crossing the Steenbeek stream
  		Condolence letters on death of Richard W Atkin Published for memorial service c. August 1917
  		Letter RWA to younger sister Betty. Betty was about 10 at the time of this letter from the front.
  		Letters to Mary Hemmant from Lizzie and JR Atkin August 1917 After the deaths of their bothers and sons. 6 letters. Painful reading.
  		Misc papers related to R Atkin Trench menu, Christmas 1916; Letter from Fribourg and Treyer; letter from War Graves Registration

  
  

• Notes

  Death Notice, Times - 21 Aug 1917 ..... Killed in action on the 14th Aug., Richard Walter 2nd. Lt. RFA, older son of Mr Justice & Lady ATKIN, Evelyn Gardens, SW London. aged 20. Died on same day as Maurice Hemmant, Mother's brother CWGC record: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/100515/ATKIN,%20R%20W Cemetery Details: http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/9601/DRAGOON%20CAMP%20CEMETERY

  
  

• Sources

  [S1603] Times Newspaper, Death Notice 21 Aug 1916.