Ernest Clive Atkins
Ernest Clive Atkins | |
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![]() E.C. Atkins CB TD DL JP | |
Born | 13 February 1870 |
Died | 9 January 1953 |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Rank | Colonel |
Commands | 2/5th Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Awards | CB TD |
Other work | High Sheriff of Leicestershire and Justice of the peace |
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]
Biography
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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- ^ a b "The High Sheriff – Leicestershire County Council". leics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Lt Col Ernest Clive Atkins". BillionGraves. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "First World War Infantry Battalion Commanding Officers – Page 24". ww1infantrycos.co.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ a b ATKINS OF HINCKLEY: 1722–1972 by J.S. Atkins. Atkins, Ltd. Hinckley, 1972. Page 40
- ^ The Harpur Trust 1552–1973, by Joyce Godber, Bedford, 1973
- ^ School of the Black and Red, by Andrew Underwood, 1981
- ^ https://www.le.ac.uk/lahs/downloads/LeicestershireHistorian-Vol.2No.4-1973.pdf
- ^ a b c d e "Have you a Tiger in your family? – Royal Leicestershire Regiment Online Archive – RLR". royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28180/page/6949/data.pdf
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- ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33439/page/7462/data.pdf