Dates:
War Service:
Second Lieutenant ARTHUR WELLESLEY ADKIN of the 20th ( Blackheath & Woolwich) Battalion London Regiment was killed in action on 3 June 1917, aged 22.
He is buried and remembered in Chester Farm Cemetery near Ypres.
Location of Memorial:
He is remembered on the war memorial at St Augustine’s Church, Grove Park, on the 20th London Regiment Roll of Honour and on the Blackheath Proprietary School Roll of Honour.
Details:
He was the son of John G and Lizzy Adkin of “Claverdon”, Grove Park, who had lived at 107 Burnt Ash Hill. Arthur attended Blackheath Proprietary School from May 1906 until 1907.
Contributed By: Andy Pepper
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