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Pte. George Henry Atkin
British Army 2nd Btn Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham and Derbyshire)
from:24 Oak Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
As George Atkin had previously been in the army he was called up in August 1914, despite being 31 years old and having a young wife Elizabeth who was pregnant. George survived the war and went on to have a further 7 daughters, one being my grandmother.