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Ordinary Seaman ERIC JAMES ATKINS

Service Number: P/JX 515470
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Lanka.

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1943

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY

9. J. 5.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sarah Atkins, of Roxeth, South Harrow, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE BRAVEST AND BEST. ALWAYS IN MY THOUGHTS. MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1677
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