Camberwick Posted 12 June , 2020 Share Posted 12 June , 2020 I am well versed in the use of various sites to trace relatives, but have always been unsuccessful tracing my grandfathers WW I war details. There were too many Yorkshire Alfred Atkinson's and I didn't have and other details apart from him being a saddler. His issue copy of the Bible has just turned up but lacks a service number, he was Cpl Alfred Atkinson, D Battery, 312 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He was born in 1887, Tockwith, Yorkshire, and his NoK, would be, wife, Mary Jane, daughter, Rose b 1915. Any pointers as to where I should go next, the Ancestry records don't seem to have him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadbrewer Posted 12 June , 2020 Share Posted 12 June , 2020 Was he still in Tockwith in 1915? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 12 June , 2020 Share Posted 12 June , 2020 (edited) Hi Camberwick, 312 Brigade was a TF unit. In 1917 the TF got renumbered. 312 Brigade were allocated the number block 785001 to 790000. The only Alfred Atkinson I saw with a service number falling within the band was 785980. Images sourced from Ancestry Does the bible have a date in it? Regards Chris Edit: There is a potted history of 62 Division here. The Brigade war diary is here. The CRA 62 Division diary is here. Edited 12 June , 2020 by clk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camberwick Posted 12 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 12 June , 2020 5 hours ago, sadbrewer said: Was he still in Tockwith in 1915? No, he was living in Otley, 12 Bank Parade. TKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camberwick Posted 12 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 12 June , 2020 No date in the Bible I am afraid, but I will investigate the info' on the Alfred Atkinson no. 785980. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Porter Posted 12 June , 2020 Share Posted 12 June , 2020 785980 looks good, it signifies B (H)/313 to D (H)/312 on June 24, 1916. 313th Brigade was formed in Otley, Ilkley and Burley in Wharfedale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadbrewer Posted 13 June , 2020 Share Posted 13 June , 2020 13 hours ago, Camberwick said: No, he was living in Otley, 12 Bank Parade. TKS Not his military service, but you may find this interesting...From The Leeds Mercury, October 2nd, 1933. Courtesy of the British Newspaper Archive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camberwick Posted 14 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 14 June , 2020 Thank you for the information, each a piece of a jig-saw that helps build a picture of my grandfather, a giant of a man to me although he was only five foot four. The army had him as a saddler but they taught him to drive trucks. He came back from the war and, because he could drive, worked for an animal feed supplier, Odgesons (?), who bought a six wheeled Thornycroft for him to drive. People in Otley came out to watch this little man drive the huge, for those days, truck. Thank you all once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon R Posted 6 July , 2020 Share Posted 6 July , 2020 (edited) Dodghsons, surely? Edited 6 July , 2020 by Simon R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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