Ernest Clive Atkins

Colonel
Ernest Clive Atkins
CB TD DL JP

E.C. Atkins CB TD DL JP
Born 13 February 1870
Died 9 January 1953
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Rank Colonel
Commands held 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Who Was Who, Published by A & C Black
  2. ↑ "Wandsworth and Battersea Battalions in the Great War". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "The High Sheriff - Leicestershire County Council". leics.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Lt Col Ernest Clive Atkins". BillionGraves. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "First World War Infantry Battalion Commanding Officers - Page 24". ww1infantrycos.co.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  6. 1 2 ATKINS OF HINCKLEY: 1722-1972 by J.S. Atkins. Atkins, Ltd. Hinckley, 1972. Page 40
  7. ↑ The Harpur Trust 1552–1973, by Joyce Godber, Bedford, 1973
  8. ↑ School of the Black and Red, by Andrew Underwood, 1981
  9. ↑ https://www.le.ac.uk/lahs/downloads/LeicestershireHistorian-Vol.2No.4-1973.pdf
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Have you a Tiger in your family? - Royal Leicestershire Regiment Online Archive - RLR". royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  11. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28180/page/6949/data.pdf
  12. ↑ "The Times, including (p. 2, col. 6) 'The London Gazette' supplement report". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  13. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34781/supplement/600/data.pdf
  14. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33439/page/7462/data.pdf


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