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 Princess of Wales’s Own, 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:
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Green Howards Museum, Richmond, Yorkshire, England.
