Every Name a Story
On the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, is the name of 23/805 Private Walter Atkinson, serving with the 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, who died 01/07/1916.
Morpeth Herald 27/04/1917 carries a brief obituary:
Private Walter Atkinson, N.F., of Bowes Street, Blyth, missing since July 1st, is now reported killed.
and
Private Alex. Atkinson was … killed on the same day [as] his brother, Private Walter Atkinson , N.F., of Bowes Street, Blyth.
Walter Atkinson is remembered in Blyth on B42.24 and B42.34.