1890 Jul/Sep . Born Birkenhead, Cheshire
1890 Oct 12. Baptised.
1891 census at 11, Longland Hey, Longlands Road, Liscard
1901 census at Stanley Avenue, Wallasey
1911 census at
1915 Dec 21 RNVR to be temp Sub Lt - Harold Lydford Atkinson
1916 Dec 21 Temp Sub-Lt to be temp Lt . H L Atkinson RNVR
1919 Apr 19. Demobilised
1920 Aug 6. Joined ADRIC with service no 142
1920 Aug. Resigned from ADRIC
1925 Jan 26. To Osborne Convalescent Home
The Osborne Convalescent Home provided accommodation for serving, retired and invalided Army, Navy and Air Force Officers and their families. 45 convalescents was the regular number of admissions . H owever it could rise to 50 persons . There was a formal application process for Admission. The relevant Armed Force s Medical Authority would recommend sick leave to the House Governor . Members of the Civil Service in Great Britain and the permanent and retired members of the civil, diplomatic or consular services in Overseas Territories applied through the Head of thei r Department to the House Governor. Precedence was given to Officers and Civil Servants on active duty although there were exceptions in certain categories for retired persons whose disease or injury was ‘directly attributable to Service’. Persons sufferin g from contagious, infectious or incurable diseases could not be admitted w hilst those p ersons accepted for convalescence had to have reached a stage in their condition where they were able to look after themselves ‘in every way’
1931 May 8 Arrives in UK from Monte Carlo. He is a "retired officer", travels 1st class and is living in "France and Switzerland". His address is Chester Place, London SW1
1932 Aug 23 Married • North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland to Jane Cassels Walker
1933 Traffic violation
1933 Aug 7. His wife died at Berwick
1934 Died St Austell Cornwall
