Augustin Posted 27 December , 2021 Share Posted 27 December , 2021 Hello to all, I am looking for the death notice of this man can you help me please thank you Corporal Atkinson Seaforth Highlanders Date of death : 22/08/1918 Cemetery : CAESTRE MILITARY CEMETERY, France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes Posted 28 December , 2021 Share Posted 28 December , 2021 Hi Augustin I found his name on ancestry. He is William Atkinson, son of James, from Whitehaven, Cumbria. Service No S/8339, 7th Bn. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/70310/w-atkinson/ These details via the UK Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects. No other details at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 28 December , 2021 Share Posted 28 December , 2021 4 hours ago, Augustin said: I am looking for the death notice of this man can you help me please Can you be clearer in what it is you are looking for - there are lots of things that could be thought of as a "death notice" but that is not what it is called in the UK. Do you have an example of the sort of thing you are looking for? Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustin Posted 28 December , 2021 Author Share Posted 28 December , 2021 (edited) I am looking for the circumstances and a place thank you Augustin Edited 28 December , 2021 by Augustin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kath Posted 28 December , 2021 Share Posted 28 December , 2021 (edited) Not what you asked - but have you seen this? https://www.whitehavennews.co.uk/news/17132540.is-your-ancestor-on-roll-of-honour/ Have you approached th Whitehaven archives; https://cumbria.gov.uk/archives/archivecentres/whalsc.asp Edited 28 December , 2021 by Kath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDWARD1 Posted 28 December , 2021 Share Posted 28 December , 2021 Death notice in The Scotsman 25th Sept 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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EDWARD1 Posted 28 December , 2021 Share Posted 28 December , 2021 (edited) 7th Seaforth order No 26 22.8.1918. Relieving the Black Watch.... C Coy X16b 35.60. D Coy X11c 25.35, A Coy X10b 15.20 and B Coy SISERA SWITCH between SCOTS ALLEY and X10a 40.50. Sheet 27SE4 Edited 28 December , 2021 by EDWARD1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 28 December , 2021 Share Posted 28 December , 2021 (edited) For some unknown reason Soldiers Died in the Great War, a UK government publication from the 1920's, lists him as having been killed in action on the 25th September 1915 while serving in France & Flanders with the 7th Battalion. He was born and enlisted Whitehaven, Cumberland. There are no obvious surviving service records,and his Medal Index Card shows him as killed in action but gives no date. The UK Probate service has a soldiers will for an 8339 William Atkinson who died on the 22nd August 1918. His entry in the Army Register of Soldiers Effects, (Ancestry), may help confirm which date is correct. 7th Battalion War Diary can currently be downloaded for free from the UK National Archive if you sign in with your account. The diary covering May to October 1918 can be found in their catalogue here: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14017388 Or it can also be seen on Ancestry if you are a subscriber. - Edit @EDWARD1 has just posted a transcription. A check of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website shows him to be one of three men of the 7th Battalion who died on this day - Atkinson and Private S/2781 P. Haggerty buried at Caestre alongside each other, and Private 204965 S. Johnston buried at Meteren. Hope that helps, Peter Edited 28 December , 2021 by PRC Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kath Posted 28 December , 2021 Share Posted 28 December , 2021 49 minutes ago, EDWARD1 said: Death notice in The Scotsman 25th Sept 1918. Can you give a link, please? Thanks, Kath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDWARD1 Posted 28 December , 2021 Share Posted 28 December , 2021 Kath Results for '+atkinson atkinson seaforth' | Between 1st Jan 1918 and 31st Dec 1918 | British Newspaper Archive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 28 December , 2021 Share Posted 28 December , 2021 45 minutes ago, PRC said: Private 204965 S. Johnston buried at Meteren. Just noticed this was a Concentration burial. The CWGC webpage for Meteren Military Cemetery has this as ther history of the cemetery. Meteren was occupied by German forces early in October 1914 and on 13 October, their entrenched positions covering the village were captured by the 10th Brigade of the 4th Division. The village then remained in Allied hands until the German offensive of April 1918. The 33rd Division held it against heavy German attacks on 13 April, but it was lost on the 16th. The sector was then taken over by French troops for a time, but on 19 July, the 9th (Scottish) Division (2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers and South African Composite Battalion) recovered the site of the village after a fortnight's bombardment which completely destroyed the houses. The cemetery was made in 1919 by the French authorities, who brought in Commonwealth, French and German graves from the neighbouring battlefields and from other cemeteries, which included the following:- BERTHEN CHURCHYARD, in which 13 soldiers and airmen from the United Kingdom, two soldiers from Canada, and one soldier from Newfoundland were buried (by Field Ambulances or fighting units) in 1916 and 1918. LE ROUKLOSHILLE MILITARY CEMETERY, METEREN, a little South of the hamlet of Le Roukloshille, between Meteren and Godewaersvelde. Here, in April-August 1918, 38 soldiers from Australia, 26 soldiers and airmen from the United Kingdom and one French soldier were buried by fighting units. METEREN CHURCHYARD, in which 11 soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried (one in 1914 and the others in 1917) by Field Ambulances or fighting units. MONT-DES-CATS BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERIES, GODEWAERSVELDE, a quarter of a mile South-East of the gates of the Trappist monastery. The hill was captured on the 12th October 1914, by the 4th Hussars, the 5th and 16th Lancers and "D" Battery, R.H.A. Two small graveyards were made in April 1915, one containing the graves of nine soldiers from the United Kingdom and two from Canada, and the other those of 16 soldiers from India. Six other British soldiers, buried within the Monastery, have also been reinterred in Meteren Military Cemetery. The German and some of the French graves have since been removed to other cemeteries. https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/25300/meteren-military-cemetery/ The concentration report shows:- Image courtesy the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/257780/ That map reference would seem to tie in with the war diary transcript posted above 1 hour ago, EDWARD1 said: 7th Seaforth order No 26 22.8.1918. Relieving the Black Watch.... C Coy X16b 35.60. D Coy X11c 25.35, A Coy X10b 15.20 and B Coy SISERA SWITCH between SCOTS ALLEY and X10a 40.50. Sheet 27SE4 Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustin Posted 28 December , 2021 Author Share Posted 28 December , 2021 Thank you all I am looking for the village where Corporal Atkinson died. thank you Augustin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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