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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
L/Sgt. Charles Robert Wilkinson
British Army C Company 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
from:24 Southampton St Redcar, Yorks
(d.6th May 1918)
Pte David Wilkinson
British Army 10th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
from:Bellshill
David Wilkinson was married to my Great Aunt, Isabella Beveridge Sharp Calderhead. David survived the Great War but unfortunately died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 21st August 1934 from injuries received in an industrial mining accident at Bellshill.
Edward Wilkinson MM.
British Army Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Ashington
(d.7th Aug 1917)
Edward Wilkinson 16th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 6810 died 7th August 1917. he is commemorated on the Nieuport Memorial Belgium. He was 23 years old and 2 other brothers were also killed.
On the night of 11/12th July 1917 he was in charge of a Lewis gun when an attack was developing. He opened fire under intense barrage. He continued to fire until all his team had been killed or wounded and then moved his gun to another shell hole further forward and continued firing until the gun was knocked out with the force of a shell. He then brought the back to his trench. He showed the greatest devotion to duty and an absolute disregard of danger. For this he was awarded the Military Medal.
Pte. Francis Ernest Wilkinson
British Army 14th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Belfast
Frank Wilkinson served with the 14th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles.
Pte. Francis Ernest Wilkinson
British Army 8th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Belfast
Frank Wilkinson served with the 8th Royal Irish Rifles.
Rfmn. George Wilkinson
British Army 3rd Btn Rifle Brigade
from:Salford, Lancs
(d.25th Aug 1916)
From his Army Service Records, George Wilkinson was born in 1889 in Salford, Lancashire and his age at enlistment was 25 in 1914, he was a single man. He was a Reservist. He was seriously wounded (gunshot to the head) on the 3rd May 1915 and transferred to England on the SS St. Patrick. His wound/s were such that he did not return to his unit until exactly one year later when he was transferred to the front line on 3rd May 1916. He suffered another wound on the 21st August 1916 and subsequently died of this wound on the 25th August 1916 aged 27 years, 4 months, 25 days (un-married). George is buried Corbie extension Cemetery France, he was the only son of John & Rose Wilkinson.
His personal belongs returned to his mother were: 1x Cap Badge, 1x Watch (broken), 1x Pen-knife, 1x Cigarette lighter, 4 Coins (Franc). The above items and subsequent medals were to be sent to his mother only to be retained by her until his blind sister (age 14 at his death) reached her majority.
Pte. George Arthur Wilkinson
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Sgt. George Jerrard Wilkinson
British Army 16th (Public Schools) Btn. Middlesex Regiment
(d.1st Jul 1916)
George Wilkinson's name is found on the Uppingham School Memorial, listed as Killed In Action on the Somme on 1st of July 1916, aged 30.
H. Wilkinson
British Army 9th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
This is a extract from an Autograph Book which at a guess belonged to a nurse who treated wounded soldiers in various hospitals in the UK between 1913 and 1917. My Mother rescued the book which was about to be thrown away with the rubbish in 1968.H Wilkinson served with the 9th Northumberland Fusiliers and was treated in the Acute Hospital at Alnwick in July 1917.
L/Cpl. Harold Wilkinson MM.
British Army Manchester Regiment
from:Chorlton Upon Medlock
Harold Wilkinson was awarded the Military Medal.
Rflmn. Hedley Vickers Wilkinson
British Army 11th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
(d.30th November 2017)
Pte. Herbert Wilkinson
British Army 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:3 Alder Street, Burnley, Lancashire
(d.5th Apr 1916)
Herbert Wilkinson was aged 28 when he was reported as missing in action during the Siege of Kut Al Amara. He is commemorated on the Basra War Memorial in Iraq.
Cpl. Herbert Chadwick Wilkinson
British Army 137th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Bolton
Herbert Wilkinson served with the 137th Field Ambulance at the rank of corporal for the duration. Herbert was born on 23rd February 1894 in Bolton, Lancashire. His father, William, was 41 and his mother, Maria, was 38. He married Edna Hardman on 21st June 1924 in Bolton, Lancashire. They had two children during their marriage. He died on 6th December 1955 in Blackpool, Lancashire at the age of 61.
Pte. J. Wilkinson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Hartlepool
J Wilkinson was discharged in 1919
Gnr. Jack Wilkinson
Army Durham Royal Garrison Artillery
Pte. James Wilkinson
British Army 8th Btn. East Yorkshire Rgt.
(d.14th July 1916)
Pte. John Penman R. Wilkinson
British Army 1/8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:46 Hylton Terrace, Pelton, Durham
(d.15th Mar 1916)
I discovered John Penman R. Wilkinson, son of George and Jane Penman Wilkinson of 46 Hylton Terrace, Pelton, casualty of WW1 in France & Flanders on 15 March 1916, whilst carrying out family tree research. He was laid to rest in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Zillebeke in Belgium), so far from home and so young. So far I have not located a memorial to John P R Wilkinson in Pelton, Durham.
Aged 13, on 1911 census, still at school, who could have imagined that 5 years later he would be just a proud memory to his family. Rest in Peace, John Penman R Wilkinson, remembered with pride by your Scottish Penman relatives.
A/Bdr. John "Motorman" Wilkinson DCM.
Royal Field Artillary 112 Bde. C Bty.
from:Glasgow
John Wilkinson was referred to as motorman as that was his occupation when he volunteered in 02/06/15 as a gunner with 112 Brigade, C Battery. His rank was Gunner 02/06/15-11/01/19, L/Bdr 11-01/19-15/01/19, Bdr 15/01/19-09/03/19
From the London Gazette of the 26th of July 1917 the notice of his DCM states it was for putting out fire in munition dump during a gas attack.
From his diary of 1918:
Unfortunately I only have one diary and he didn't write much. He did say that the statue fell because of friendly fire from his gun. And, that it wasn't deliberate. The date is very different from what the papers reported.
- Mon 18 Feb Left High Wycombe
- Tue 19 Feb Landed at Le Havre
- Thu 28 Feb Left Le Havre
- 01/03 Rue
- 02/03 Albert to Bapaume
- 03/03 Bapaume to Royal Court
- 21/03 Left Royal Court
- 22-27/03 Riheat
- 28/03 Albert
- 16/04 Statue of Albert church fell at 3.50pm on this date. Eye witness Mr Deeson 50th Battery 34 Bdg A7A
I have quite a few photos including the whole Brigade(I presume) and a tea party group photo of Shipley.
Pte. John Joseph Wilkinson
British Army 20th Service Btn King's Liverpool Regt
from:53 Compton Street, Everton, Liverpool
(d.21st March 1917)
Killed in Action at Neuville Vitasse. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial to the Missing.
Pte. John W. Wilkinson
British Army 14th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.19th Dec 1915)
Pte. Joseph Wilkinson
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Joseph Lewins Wilkinson
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
(d.1st July 1916)
Joseph Wilkinson was my grandfather's brother who was killed in action on the first Day of the Battle of the Somme.
Pte Joseph Hardy Wilkinson
British Army 15th Btn Durham Light Infantry
from:Boldon Colliery
(d.1st Jul 1916)
CERA Joseph Wilkinson
Royal Navy HMS Lucia
from:Whitley Bay
Joseph Wilkinson knew my father in the 1980s and gave him his medals. The information above was obtained from these medals. No further details.
L/Sgt Leonard Norman Wilkinson
British Army 2nd Battalion Border Regiment
from:Leeds
(d.25th Sep 1915)
Leonard Wilkinson was working as a postman in Harrogate 1914. We know he had enlisted in Juppulpore, India originally, so presumably after he had finished his tour of duty, he moved to Leeds and volunteered when WW1 broke out. He belonged to the 2nd Btn Border Regt and his service number was 6478.
His father Burtwood was in the Royal Warwickshire Regt and died in India 1887 when Leonard was just 1 year old - his mother Anna Corrigan (Annie Wilkinson) then married George Phillips the year after in 1888, also in India and they had a son George. Leonard had two sisters, Sarah Mary and Esther Anna. When he died, he left a wife, Sarah Jane and two children, Geoffrey Leonard and Nina.
Pte. Leonard Wilkinson
British Army 8th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Faddiley, Cheshire
My grandfather, Leonard Wilkinson was shot and wounded in Mesopotamia and lost his forefinger on right hand. Leading up to the time he was wounded his hand written journal states,
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- Feb 25 crossing of Tigres fall of Kut El Amara, passed old Turkish barracks, going into reserve to join 38th Brigade,
- March 8th Darhalh river Cheshire's sent on a fleet of barges, surprised Turks at rear
- March 9th crossing of Darhalea river. Baghdad captured, went straight past Baghdad, came in contact with Turks at Sindia.
- April 6th left for Sanmara?
- April 18th Turks making flanking movement and we're cut of
- April 19th wounded
Grandad was then moved to India for the rest of the war where he served as a medical orderly. His journal is hand written in pencil which has become smudged over the last one hundred years but I will keep on working at deciphering it. Hope this is of some use to someone
Pte. Mathew Wilkinson
British Army 1st Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:South Shields
(d.8th Nov 1914)
Sjt. N. Wilkinson
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Sjt. P. Wilkinson
Army 2/8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Philip Wilkinson
British Army 23rd Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:Salford
(d.20th July 1916)
He is the only Philip Wilkinson on the Thiepval Memorial, I am named after my deceased great uncle.
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