Английская Википедия:Ernest Clive Atkins

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Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Colonel Ernest Clive Atkins CB TD DL JP (13 February 1870 – 9 January 1953) was Battalion Commander of the 2/5th Leicestershire Regiment during World War I, High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1931 and Chairman of the Leicestershire Territorial Association in 1938.[1][2][3][4][5]

Life

Ernest Clive Atkins, the eldest son of Arthur Atkins of Middlefield, Hinckley, was born 13 February 1870.[1][6] He was educated at Bedford Modern School between 1882 and 1886.[6][7][8][9]

Atkins was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment on 22 April 1892.[10] He was made Captain in 1896, Major in 1903 and commanded the newly formed 4th Battalion as Lieutenant-Colonel until 1909.[10][11] In 1914, as Lieutenant-Colonel, he raised and commanded the 2/5th Battalion from 1914 until 1917,[12] including during the Easter Rising of 1916.[1][10] After 1917, Atkins commanded battalions of the East Surrey Regiment and the Middlesex Regiment.[10]

Atkins was a military member of the TA Association of Leicestershire from 1908, Vice-Chairman between 1934 and 1938 and chairman from 1938 for which he was made CB.[10] In 1940, he was appointed first Honorary Colonel of the 2/5th Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment.[13]

Atkins was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire in 1928,[14] and High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1931.[3]

In 1900 Atkins married Agnes Pidcock, the daughter of Reverend Benjamin Pidock of Easton, Hampshire.[1] They had three sons and one daughter. Atkins died on 9 January 1953.[1][4]

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  3. ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  4. ↑ 4,0 4,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  5. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  6. ↑ 6,0 6,1 ATKINS OF HINCKLEY: 1722–1972 by J.S. Atkins. Atkins, Ltd. Hinckley, 1972. Page 40
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  8. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  9. ↑ The Leicestershire Historian, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1973, p. 40
  10. ↑ 10,0 10,1 10,2 10,3 10,4 Шаблон:Cite web
  11. ↑ The London Gazette, 25 September 1908, Issue 28180, p. 6949
  12. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  13. ↑ Supplement to The London Gazette, 30 January 1940, Issue 34781, p. 600
  14. ↑ The London Gazette, 16 November 1928, Issue 33439, p. 7462
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