We remember Arthur Wilkinson

We remember Arthur Wilkinson

Timeline

Timeline

birth Bickley, Cheshire United Kingdom Source:9386357
1914
commission Regular Source:9386113 19th October 1914
1914
enlistment Halifax United Kingdom Source:9386113 19th October 1914
1914
service British Army Private 2853/200901 West Riding Regiment 2/4th battalion Source:9386113 19th October 1914 - 20th November 1917
1914
dates Age 28 Source:9386113 October 1914
1917
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:9386113 9th January 1917 - 20th October 1917
1917
hospitalisation Sprained knee Hospital/Institution Source:9386113 18th March 1917 - 24th March 1917
employment Forester Shibden Hall Shibden near Halifax United Kingdom Source:9386113
service British Army Private 200901 West Riding Regiment Source:4753017
service British Army Private 200901 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Source:7073144
1917
death Killed in Action Fighting in Cambrai reports state he was killed by a bomb dropped from a plane Source:7073144 Source:9386357 20th November 1917
burial Bickley Church, Cheshire Cambrai Memorial, Louverval Non-War Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Bickley Nord Body not recovered United Kingdom France Panel 6&7 Source:9386113
sibling John Wilkinson Source:9386113
sibling George Wilkinson Source:9386113
sibling Joseph Henry Wilkinson Source:9386113
sibling William Wilkinson Source:9386113
sibling Lucy Collins Source:9386113
sibling Annie Leary Source:9386113
sibling Mary Jane Towler Source:9386113
sibling Nellie Bayford Source:9386113

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Arthur
Initials A
Last Name Wilkinson
Source 4753017
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 200901 West Riding Regiment Private
British Army 200901 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Private
British Army 2853/200901 West Riding Regiment 2/4th battalion Private
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Margaret Wilkinson mother
William Wilkinson father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
John Wilkinson brother
George Wilkinson brother
Joseph Henry Wilkinson brother
William Wilkinson brother
Lucy Collins sister
Annie Leary sister
Mary Jane Towler sister
Nellie Bayford sister
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
DateHeightSource
1914-10-19 5'10"

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Claire143072

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