Tank Corps

Sergeant Harry Atkinson

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Tank Corps. Regimental no. 110411. Previously 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Regimental number 502. Early life: Harry’s parents were Walter Atkinson and Frances Atkinson née Tennison, who were married at St. John’s Church in Cullingworth on the 21st of February 1888. Walter was a bachelor aged 34 and employed as a mill … Read more

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Private Joseph Henry Philbin

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Private. Tank Corps. Service number 307210. Previously Private. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Service number 21560. Note: Joseph’s surname in civil records is Philbin, in Army records it is Philburn. Early life: Joseph was born at 6, Mill Lane in Oakworth in 1892 and the birth was registered in the first quarter of … Read more

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