Arthur Frederick Atkin
He was a green grocer's errand lad in 1939.
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He was the son of Morris G and Dora Atkin and the brother of Evelyn and John Atkin. In 1939, they lived at 150, Pym Street, St Ann's, later moving to 15, Swinburne Street, Sneinton, (both Nottingham).
• The Action: During mid-May 1944, the 6th Battalion was locked in the bitter fighting of the Cassino Offensive (Operation Diadem). On 14 May 1944, supported by the tanks of the 2nd Lothians, the 6th Black Watch was advancing slowly through orchards and highly exposed terrain up the Liri Valley, with their right flank vulnerable to German positions still holding out on the heights of Monte Cassino.
• Casualty Details: Private Arthur Frederick Atkin was killed in action on 14 May 1944 during this intense push. He was one of dozens of men from the battalion lost on that specific day of the breakthrough offensive.
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Arthur Frederick Atkin
Nottingham Evening Post 29/5/1944