Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookrivate wrote home to a friend: "There was one officer called Capt. Askew. I was right against him when he got shot. I shall never forget him; the last words he uttered were, 'Stick it lads, stick it Borders,' and then he got killed. It happened on the top of their trenches." Another writes that he was in the trench. The Germans buried him behind their first line of trenches, and erected a cross on which they inscribed in German. "To a brave British officer, Border Regt." This information was obtained during the truce on Christmas Day, when Lieut. Nunnerly, 3rd Bedfords, was sent by the Commanding Officer of the Border Regt. in answer to a German officer, who passed over the badge from the cap of Capt. Askew. He _m._ at St. Cuthbert's Church, Carlisle, 25 April, 1908, Winifred Lucy, dau. of Col. Thomas Angelo Irwin, of Lynehow, Carlisle, Solport, co. Cumberland, D.L., and had issue 2 sons and a dau.; Henry Cuthbert Adam, _b._ 21 Sept. 1909; David, _b._ 16 June, 1913; and Winyfred Anne, _b._ 19 Jan. 1911. [Illustration: =Henry Adam Askew.=] =ASKEW, JOHN HENRY=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ports. 11610, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _m._ =ASLIN, GEORGE=, Private, No. 1941, C. Co., 1/8th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Aslin, of Melrose Villas, 7, Avenue Road, Hampton, Bootmaker, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Edward Busby, R.M.; _b._ Gosport, co. Hants, 31 Dec. 1891; educ. Hampton Council School; was a Fitter's Labourer; joined the Middlesex Territorials, Feb. 1913; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Frezenberg, 11 May following; _unm._ =ASSITER, ALFRED=, Chief Yeoman of Signals, 168358, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ATCHESON, JOHN=, Private, No. 9474, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 2nd _s._ of the late Hugh Atcheson, of Jarrow, Machine Planer, by his wife, Mary (Carley Place, Southwick, Sunderland), dau. of Michael Benson; _b._ Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, co. York, 24 May, 1894; educ. St. Banett's, Sunderland; enlisted Oct. 1910; and after serving his time with the Colours joined the Special Reserve, and was employed at Thomson's Yard, Sunderland. He was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 1 June, 1915; _unm._ His elder brother, Private Samuel Atcheson, is now (1916) serving with the Expeditionary Force in France. [Illustration: =John Atcheson.=] =ATKIN, JOHN CLAUDE=, R.M.L.I., Ch. 7931, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ATKINS, EDMUND JOSEPH=, Leading Seaman, 222044, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ATKINS, FRANK STANLEY=, Private, No. 12608, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of William Edward Atkins, of Gravesend, co. Kent, Nurseryman and Florist, by his wife, Elizabeth Hollwey, dau. of William Hollwey, of Chilcompton, Bath; _b._ Gravesend, 30 July, 1892; educ. Christ Church School there, and then entered the service of the P. & O. Steamship Co. He joined the Garrison Artillery at the age of eighteen, and on the declaration of war enlisted in the Coldstreams, 15 Sept. 1914, and was killed at Cuinchy on 25 Jan. 1915, in his first action. He was buried where he fell, 500 yards from Cuinchy Church, and a cross marks the spot. He was spoken of as a keen soldier, who never failed to do his duty. [Illustration: =Frank Stanley Atkins.=] =ATKINS, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3519), 162449, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ATKINS, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4569), S.S. 1544, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ATKINSON, ALFRED GEORGE=, A.B., 193724, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =ATKINSON, ANDREW GEORGE=, Private, No. 798, 25th Infantry Battn., Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of George Andrew Atkinson, Solicitor, and Coroner for North Fermanagh; _b._ Ballyshannon, co. Donegal, 12 March, 1891; educ. Conway College and Jones School, Lispoole Abbey, Enniskillen; went to Australia; enlisted in the Australian Force in Dec. 1914, following the outbreak of war; was wounded in action in the fighting at Anzac, near Hill 971 (Sari Bair), and died in No. 19 General Hospital at Alexandria, 27 Nov. 1915; _unm._ Buried in Chatby Cemetery, near Alexandria (Grave No. 1883). [Illustration: =Andrew George Atkinson.=] =ATKINSON, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, R.N.R., No. 3672C, _s._ of Joseph Atkinson, Merchant Seaman, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Isaac Thomas, of London; _b._ Hull, 8 Aug. 1873; educ. St. Paul's Street School, Hull; was formerly employed in the weekly boats, and was delegate for the Sailors' and Firemen's Union; was called up on mobilisation, 2 Aug. 1914, and lost his life on the Cruiser Hogue, torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Paul's Church, Hull, 15 Jan. 1900, Lucy Anne (7, Kingston Street, Hull), dau. of John Scarborough, of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, shoemaker, and had issue a son and six daus.: John, _b._ 11 March, 1910; Jessie, _b._ 8 Oct. 1900; Lucy, _b._ 17 Nov. 1901; Annie, _b._ 11 Aug. 1902; Muriel, _b._ 17 Aug. 1905: Mildred, _b._ 10 April 1908; and Charlotte, _b._ 19 Sept. 1911. Had Atkinson lived throughout the year 1915 he would have received a medal for fifteen years' service in the R.N.R. [Illustration: =William Joseph Atkinson.=] =ATKINSON, WILLIAM NOEL=, Capt. and Adjutant 2nd Battn. 10th Gurkha Rifles, eldest _s._ of the late Rev. Augustus William Atkinson, Principal of the Lawrence Memorial School, Ootacamund, by his wife, Mary Louisa (Mountain View, Ootacamund, Nilgiris, S. India), dau. of Brinard Antony Daly, Tonyville, Yercand, Shevaroy Hills, Madras Presidency, S. India; _b._ Calcutta, 21 Nov. 1883; educ. Bedford Grammar School and Sandhurst, from which latter he passed out fifth with honours in Feb. 1902. He was gazetted to the unattached list for the Indian Army, 21 Jan. 1903, being temporarily attached to the Durham L.I., and was posted to the 72nd Punjabis in Aug. 1904, and to the 1st Battn. of the 10th Gurkhas the following year. He was promoted Lieut. 21 April, 1905, and Capt. 21 Jan. 1912, and appointed Adjutant 1 Oct. following. He did valuable work in helping to raise the 2nd Battn. of his regt. in 1908, to which battn. he was appointed Q.M., his Col. placing on record his appreciation of all the "solid excellent work done in recruiting for the battalion." The 10th Gurkhas were sent to Egypt in Oct. 1914, and Capt. Atkinson received his baptism of fire at Toussoum on 4 Feb. 1915, when he took part in the repulse of the attempted Turkish invasion. In May the regt. was sent to the Dardanelles; he was present during the severe fight on the 28th of that month and was killed in the trenches on the following day by a sniper while encouraging his men to repel a fierce counter-attack of the Turks on their freshly seized trenches. His death was instantaneous, and he was buried on the hillside where he fell, th |