Alfred Atkinson
Military Person
1874 – 1900
Who was Alfred Atkinson?
Alfred Atkinson VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Alfred was born in Armley in Leeds and was the son of James Harland Atkinson and Margaret Mansfield who were married in Leeds on 4 June 1855. James Harland Atkinson was a Shoeing Smith in the Royal Artillery.
He was 26 years old, and a sergeant in the 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place on 18 February 1900 during the Battle of Paardeberg, South Africa for which he was awarded the VC:
No. 3264 Sergeant A. Atkinson, Yorkshire Regiment.
During the battle of Paardeburg, 18th February, 1900, Sergeant A. Atkinson, 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, went out seven-times, under heavy and close fire, to obtain water for the wounded. At the seventh attempt he was wounded in the head, and died a few days afterwards.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Green Howards Museum, Richmond, Yorkshire, England.
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