Individual Details

Arthur Harry ATKINS

(2 Dec 1886 - )

Events

Birth2 Dec 1886Kingston on Thames, Surrey, England
Census1901Learner at Candle Factory - 115 Acre Road, Kingston on Thames, Surrey, England
OccupationAbt Jan 1916Butcher - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ResidenceAbt Jan 1916111 Walnut Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MilitaryFrom 26 Jan 1916 to 6 Nov 1919C.E.F., Canada
ResidenceAbt Oct 191870 Richmond Park Road, Kingston on Thames, Surrey, England
OccupationAbt Oct 1918Soldier - Kingston on Thames, Surrey, England
Marriage30 Oct 1918St Luke's, Kingston on Thames, Surrey, England - Mary Ann O'NEILL
1939 Registration (England & Wales)1939Tar Paviour Partner - 220 Stanley Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, England

Families

SpouseMary Ann O'NEILL (1890 - )
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherHenry "Harry" ATKINS (1855 - 1941)
MotherIsabella STEVENS (1856 - 1944)
SiblingLucy Amelia ATKINS (1879 - 1879)
SiblingHenry Samuel ATKINS (1880 - 1881)
SiblingLillian A ATKINS (1883 - )
SiblingJames Leopold ATKINS (1884 - 1945)
SiblingIsabella Rose ATKINS (1891 - )

Notes

Military

Extract from Canada WWI - C.E.F. Personnel Files - 1914-18

Attestation Form - dated: 26 January 1916
166th - Q.O.R. O/S Batt. C.E.F.
Name: Atkins, Arthur Henry
Address: 111 Walnut Ave, Toronto, Ont.
Birthplace: Kingston on Thames, Eng.
Next of kin: Isabella Atkins
Next of kin address: 11 Bellevue Rd, Spring Grove, Kingston-on-Thames, Eng.
Next of kin relationship: Mother
Date of birth: 2 December 1886
Occupation: Butcher
Married: No

Description on enlistment: Age: 29 years 1 month - Height: 5ft 2ins - Chest: 36½ ins - Expansion: 3½ ins - Complexion: Fresh - Eyes: Brown - Hair: Dk Brown - Marks: Scar on right temple & Scar on left side of head.

Discharge Certificate: This is to certify that no 669008 rank Pte Name Arthur Harry Atkins enlisted in the 166th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force at Toronto on the 26th day of January 1916 He served in France with 38th Battalion and is now discharged from the service by reason of Demobilization.
Description: Age: 32 - Height: 5ft 2in - Complexion: Fresh - Eyes: Brown - Hair: Dk Brown - Scar on right temple & Scar on left side of head.
Date of discharge: 6 November 1919

War service Gratuity:
Name: Arthur Harry Atkins
Rank: Private
Original unit: 166th Battalion
Regimental No: 669008
Address to which future payments: Bank of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Date of enlistment: 26 January 1916.
Names of dependent - Mary Ann Atkins - Relationship: Wife - Address: 160 Acres Road, Kingston on Thames, Surrey, England

Arrived in England - S.S. Olympic - 19 October 1916
17 October 1917 - Awarded Military Medal

Marriage

Extract from parish register: 1918 Marriage solemnized at St Luke's Church in the parish of Kingston on Thames in the county of ____

No: 365
Date: 30 October 1918
Name: Arthur Harry Atkins - Mary Ann O'Neill
Age: 31 - 30
Condition: Bachelor - Spinster
Occupation: Soldier - Domestic
Address: 70 Richmond Park Road, Kingston on Thames - The Chestnuts, Palace Road, E. Molesey
Father: Harry Atkins - John O'Neill
Father's occupation: Tar Paviour - Gardener

Married in the St Lukes Church according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England by licence by: ?

Bride & groom signed their names - witnesses: Jonathan O'Neill & Rachel Knight.

1939 Registration (England & Wales)

Listed as married, but no wife present. On right hand side says: "A.R.P. Trench Warden ..." At the same address one closed record.

Endnotes

1. Canada, WWI CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; CEF Personnel Files; Reference: RG 150; Volume: Box 282 - 13.

2. Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937, Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Reference Number: 2209/4.

3. 1901 Census of England and Wales , Class: RG13; Piece: 665; Folio: 12; Page: 15.

4. Canada, WWI CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; CEF Personnel Files; Reference: RG 150; Volume: Box 282 - 13.

5. Canada, WWI CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; CEF Personnel Files; Reference: RG 150; Volume: Box 282 - 13.

6. Canada, WWI CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; CEF Personnel Files; Reference: RG 150; Volume: Box 282 - 13.

7. Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937, Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Reference Number: 2209/4.

8. Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937, Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Reference Number: 2209/4.

9. Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937, Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Reference Number: 2209/4.

10. GRO (England & Wales) Marriage Registration Index , 1918 Oct/Dec - Kingston - Vol: 2a Page: 952.

11. Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937, Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Reference Number: 2209/4.