Served with 90th Squadron, also with No. 10, No. 98, and No. 206 Squadrons.
He joined the Middlesex regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant and subsequently transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He received the Military Cross (MC) in 1917, and in 1918 he received the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). He was later awarded a bar to his DFC and received the Croix de Guerre (Belgium). His five victories qualified him as an ace.
Son of Mrs. A.S. Atkinson.
Captain Atkinson's name also appears on the Berkhamsted War Memorial outside Saint Peter's Church.
He joined the Middlesex regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant and subsequently transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He received the Military Cross (MC) in 1917, and in 1918 he received the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). He was later awarded a bar to his DFC and received the Croix de Guerre (Belgium). His five victories qualified him as an ace.
Son of Mrs. A.S. Atkinson.
Captain Atkinson's name also appears on the Berkhamsted War Memorial outside Saint Peter's Church.
Served with 90th Squadron, also with No. 10, No. 98, and No. 206 Squadrons.
He joined the Middlesex regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant and subsequently transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He received the Military Cross (MC) in 1917, and in 1918 he received the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). He was later awarded a bar to his DFC and received the Croix de Guerre (Belgium). His five victories qualified him as an ace.
Son of Mrs. A.S. Atkinson.
Captain Atkinson's name also appears on the Berkhamsted War Memorial outside Saint Peter's Church.
He joined the Middlesex regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant and subsequently transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He received the Military Cross (MC) in 1917, and in 1918 he received the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). He was later awarded a bar to his DFC and received the Croix de Guerre (Belgium). His five victories qualified him as an ace.
Son of Mrs. A.S. Atkinson.
Captain Atkinson's name also appears on the Berkhamsted War Memorial outside Saint Peter's Church.
Inscription
Captain
R.N.G. Atkinson
MC, DFC & Bar
Royal Air Force
March 7 1919.
Also His Dear Mother
A.S. Atkinson 1876-1967
And Her Younger Son
Gerald 1900-1961
Family Members
Siblings
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