Colonel Eric Garnett Atkinson MVO, (9 April 1887 – 1955) was a British-Indian soldier and an India 9-goal polo player.
[1] 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.
[2] 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] Attached 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment in India, 16 March 1907.
[7] Served with 15th Kings Hussars, 5th Royal Irish Lancers, 36th Jacob's Horse and Cavalry Signal's.
It was decided for the first post-war international match with America for the Westchester Cup that the Hurlingham Club should be represented by a team from the Army in India.
[20] Re-employed during the Second World War, reverting to the rank of Major 1 July 1940.
[24] Re-employed during World War II first with 1 Commando Brigade with the rank of Colonel and from 1944 onwards with the Home Guard Training Staff.
After his release in 1945 he served with the British Red Cross and St. John War Organization in North-West Europe.