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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.