In the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France is the name of 26/9 Private Edward Atkinson, serving with the 26th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Irish) who died 01/07/1916.

The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Amos Atkinson and the husband of Mary Ann Atkinson, of 73, Hawick Crescent, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Ron Carson Has provided the following:

Edward was born on 14 December 1884 at Newcastle upon Tyne, the son of Amos and Mary A Atkinson.

He married Mary Ann Cunningham at Newcastle in the second quarter of 1906 and they had five children: Amos, born 18 November 1906; Mary Ann, born 19 April 1909; Fred, born 25 March 1912; Edward and Mary, born 27 August 1914. The family lived at 73 Hawick Crescent, Newcastle, although they moved just before his death, to 178 Walker Road.

Edward served with A Company, 26th Battalion (3rd Tyneside Irish), Northumberland Fusiliers and was killed in action on 1 July 1916, aged 33.

Edward Atkinson has yet to be identified on a local War Memorial.