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'''Colonel Eric Garnett Atkinson''' [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]], (9 April 1887 – 1955) was a British-Indian soldier and an India 9-goal polo player. He competed in the 1924 and 1927 [[International Polo Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |title=British Polo Team Colorful Quartet. All Have Enviable War Records and Are Officers of the Army in India. Four Rated At 33 Goals. Players Have Brilliant Polo Records, Major Atkinson Being Nine-Goal Man -- Roark Outstanding Star |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/09/04/archives/british-polo-team-colorful-quartet-all-have-enviable-war-records.html |quote=The British team this year is one of the most colorful ever to challenge for the International Trophy. This time the task of lifting the cup has been intrusted to the Army in India and the members of the squad are all officers from the branch of the military service in that part of the British Empire. All have enviable war records in this respect. ... Major Eric G. Atkinson, the back and oldest ... He began to play polo in 1908 and has played with important regimental teams. ... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date= 4 September 1927 |access-date=2011-04-08 }}</ref> | '''Colonel Eric Garnett Atkinson''' [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]], (9 April 1887 – 1955) was a British-Indian soldier and an India 9-goal polo player. He competed in the 1924 and 1927 [[International Polo Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |title=British Polo Team Colorful Quartet. All Have Enviable War Records and Are Officers of the Army in India. Four Rated At 33 Goals. Players Have Brilliant Polo Records, Major Atkinson Being Nine-Goal Man -- Roark Outstanding Star |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/09/04/archives/british-polo-team-colorful-quartet-all-have-enviable-war-records.html |quote=The British team this year is one of the most colorful ever to challenge for the International Trophy. This time the task of lifting the cup has been intrusted to the Army in India and the members of the squad are all officers from the branch of the military service in that part of the British Empire. All have enviable war records in this respect. ... Major Eric G. Atkinson, the back and oldest ... He began to play polo in 1908 and has played with important regimental teams. ... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date= 4 September 1927 |access-date=2011-04-08 }}</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
He was born on 9 April 1887 in [[Bareilly, India]] as the son of Brigadier-General Francis Garnett Atkinson, C. B., and Eliza Augusta Snow Prestage.{{Citation needed|date= August | He was born on 9 April 1887 in [[Bareilly, India]] as the son of Brigadier-General Francis Garnett Atkinson, C. B., and Eliza Augusta Snow Prestage.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}} He commanded the 17th Cavalry between 1902 and 1906.<ref>The Star and Crescent by Major F. C. C. Yeats-Brown</ref> | ||
He was educated at Reading School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned onto the Unattached List for the Indian Army on 19 January 1907.{{Citation needed|date= August | He was educated at Reading School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned onto the Unattached List for the Indian Army on 19 January 1907.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}} | ||
Attached 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment in India, 16 March 1907.<ref>The Star and Crescent by Major F. C. C. Yeats-Brown p.301</ref> | Attached 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment in India, 16 March 1907.<ref>The Star and Crescent by Major F. C. C. Yeats-Brown p.301</ref> | ||