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Pte. William George Wilkins
Royal Marines Light Infantry HMS Formidable
from:Coventry
(d.1st January 1915)
William Wilkins was born in 1889 in Brinklow, Warwickshire and his family moved to Coventry soon after. He joined the Royal Marine Light Infantry at a young age and his service record indicates he joined and was station at Chatham barracks.
On 1st January 1915 he was serving on HMS Formidable when it was torpedoed at 02:20 by U-24. William was one of 512 men who died that day from a ship's company of 780. His record notes that his medals were sent to his mother. He was my great uncle.