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Photo : Brian Chandler
In Hexham (St. Andrew’s) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
Sacred to the memory of Ann wife of John Atkinson Esq of Newbiggin
who died Feb. 28th 1863, aged 54 years.
also the above John Atkinson Esq who died June 27th 1863, aged 63 years,
also Emma, their daughter who died May 1st 1847, aged 4 months,
also Jane Dorothy, their eldest daughter, born March 4th 1835, died March 7th 1901.
Perfect Peace.
Major John Edward Atkinson, late 3rd (K.O.) Hussars, born 1878, died 1948.
Also in memory of his sons.
Captain John Surtees Atkinson, 3rd Light Calvary, Indian Army, killed in action 1942.
Lieut. Robert Norman Atkinson, H.L.I. and Parachute Regiment, killed in action 1944.
Lieut. Leonard Atkinson, South Wales Borderers, killed in action 1944.
Leonard was born in 1923, the youngest son of Major J.E. and Elizabeth Atkinson of Kemerton, Worcestershire. He was awarded the Military Cross, which is recorded in the London Gazette for 08/03/1945 (page 1299).
His brothers John Surtees and Robert Norman also fell.
Acknowledgements: Ron Carson.
Leonard Atkinson's name is not listed on a local memorial. He is remembered at Kemerton, Worcestershire.
