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Born Scunthorpe, 1891. Son of Albert Edward Wilkinson (1867-1925) and Elizabeth Ann Coates (1867-1949), of 13, Gilliatt Street, Scunthorpe. He had two brothers and three sisters. An Army Reservist. Worked as a Greaser (1911 Census). He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1st East Yorkshire Regiment that arrived in France, on 5th Sept 1914 […]

BORN BRADFORD, 1894. SON OF JANE ROBERTSHAW & JOSEPH WILKINSON, OF 125 BRADFORD ROAD, FRIZINHALL, BRADFORD. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER. THE FAMILY BUSINESS WAS COAL. EDUCATED AT BRADFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL. SHOWED PROMISE IN FRENCH, GERMAN, BOOK KEEPING AND SHORTHAND. HOVERE LEFT SCHOOL WITH NO CERTIFICATES. HE TOOK A WORK POSITION […]

BORN HULL 10/05/1895. SON OF FRANCIS LEE WILKINSON & EMILY WAKEFIELD, AT 8 LITTLE LOCKWOOD STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). EDUCATED AT LINCOLN STREET BOARD SCHOOL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, JOINING THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, ON 05/12/1912. HE LEFT WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE WHEN WAR BEGAN. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 19/08/19 […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF SARAH BATES. EMPLOYED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/03/1918, AGED 36. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS MOTHER AND PENSION TO HIS UNOFFICIAL WIFE, ADA STRAFFORD, LIVING AT 2 FAWCETT SQUARE, […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF WILLIAM GREAVES  AND MARTHA AUGUSTA WILKINSON OF 100, PEEL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADRESS). SON OF AN ASSISTANT IRON MONGER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, WILLIAM AND REGINALD AND ONE SISTER, AUGUSTA EMILY. EMPLOYED AS A BOOTS SALEMAN. UNMARRIED. NO CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 11/12/1915, AGED 24 AND 6 MONTHS. DESCR […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF THE LATE HARRY (1867-1918) AND CATHERINE (KATE) SMALES, OF 14 ST PETERS TERRACE, GREAT UNION STREET, HULL AND 6 GEORGE YARD, HIGH STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). SON OF A BUTCHER. EMPLOYED AS A FLOUR MILLER BY TRADE. DESCRIBED AS F5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, 132 LBS WEIGHT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/05/ […]

BORN HULL 15/07/1894. SON OF GEORGE WILKINSON (1867-1932) AND MARTHA RIPLEY (1870-1939), OF 2 RUSSELL TERRACE, WORSLEY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS ADDRESS).HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. THE FAMILY WERE LIVING IN SHEFFIELD BY 1911 CENSUS, WITH GEORGE BEING A STEEL WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN SHEFFIELD. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. S […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE WILKINSON (1865-1951) & ELIZA ANN PADGET (1859-1908), OF 5 FAIR VIEW, SUBWAY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS ADDRESS). AN ENGINE CLEANER. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, LILY AT 74, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 11093, 6TH EYR. POSTED TO GALLIPOLI, ON 10/07/191 […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF FREDERICK WILKINSON & ELLEN WILKINSON (1868-1946), OF 31 ABBEY STREET, HULL  & 17 BLAKE STREET, HULL. SON OF A BOILER MAKER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, ALBERT AND FREDERICK, AND THREE SISTERS, DORIS, BEATRICE AND MARY. HE WAS A GROCER BEFORE THE WAR (1911 CENSUS) AND A MEDICAL STUDENT, WORKING AS AN ASSISTANT F […]

BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF JOHN HENRY & MARY WILKINSON, OF 11 RICHMOND TERRACE, GRANGE STREET, HULL AND 17 LAKE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE SISTER. WORKED FOR ROSE, DOWNS AND THOMPSON AS A HYDRAULIC LEATHER MAKER AND POLISHER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 35.5-37.5 INCH CHEST, "A GOOD TIME KEEPER, INDUSTR […]

BORN HULL. ENLISTED HULL. A FORMER GUNNER, 4606, 146TH HULL HEAVY BATTERY. PROMOTED SERGEANT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 27/05/1917, AGED 24, AT THE 108TH FIELD AMBULANCE HOSPITAL. HE MARRIED EDITH JACKMAN, AT BRIDLINGTON, IN 1916. LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO HIS WIDOW EDITH BERWICK  (BORN 03/07/1893), WHO REMARRIED AND MOVED TO 5 WEST END COTTAGE […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY WILKINSON (1853-1896) AND MARY ANN ELSEY (1854-1925), AT  9, SOUTH VIEW, ST GEORGE'S ROAD, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE MARRIED IVY OSBOURNE (1892-1967), AT HULL, IN 1914. HUSBAND OF IVY (BORN 06/01/1892) & 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, MARJORIE (BORN 15/07/1915), LIVING AT 94, PLANE […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF PRISCILLA BEST (1858-1928) & CHARLES WILLIAM WILKINSON (1856-1937), OF 2 EASTERN VILLAS, HOLLAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF AN IRON TURNER. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN AND THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. HE WORKED AS A HAIRDRESSER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 13TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 13TH LABOUR BATT […]

BORN HULL 12/10/1879, AT 6 LIME TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL. SON OF WILLIAM WILKINSON (1852-1896) AND MARY ANN MARRIOT (1856-1935). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE MARRIED EDITH EMMA WARD, AT ST MAYS CHURCH, HULL, ON 23/12/1901, AGED 23. HE WORKED AS A FARM LABOURER AND CARTER, LIVING AT CHURCH LANE, PRESTON, (1911 CENSUS) AND […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF ROBERT HAYTON WILKINSON (1864-1935) & ELIZABETH MARY WILKINSON (1868-1934), OF 17 SCOTT STREET, HULL AND WEST HAM, EAST LONDON (1901 CENSUS). HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN HULL. HIS MOTHER FROM BARKING, LONDON. SON OF AN ELECTRIC WIREMAN. HE MARRIED NELLIE EDITH ROBINSON (1887-1956) AT WEST HAM IN 1910. LIVED 54 VERN […]

BORN HULL 04/01/1891. SON OF PRISCILLA BEST (1858-1928) & CHARLES WILLIAM WILKINSON (1856-1937), OF 2 EASTERN VILLAS, HOLLAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF AN IRON TURNER. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN AND THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. . HE SERVED AS ABLE SEAMAN, ROYAL NAVY. LOST AT SEA, ON HMS "BAYANO", ON 11/03/1915, AGED 23. HE IS COMME […]

BORN SKEGNESS, LINCS, 1899. ONLY SON OF FRANK & ISABELLA WELLS WILKINSON, AT 15 , SELBY STREET, HULL & 37 WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE YOUNGER SISTER, DOROTHY. HE RESIDED AT WORKSOP, NOTTS. ENLISTED COVENTRY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 23419, 107714, 29466 WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED AS A PRISONER OF WAR, […]

Born Hull 1895. Son of William Wilkinson and Rebecca Spencer (1866-1914), of 11 Grove Street, The Groves, Hull (1911 Census). He had two brothers and one sister. Employed as a wooden box maker (1911 Census), living with his widowed mother and family at this address. He enlisted in Hull. Formerly, Private 3rd East Yorkshire Regiment. Pos […]

BORN GOOLE 1882. SON OF RICHARD WILKINSON AND CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH PEASE (1858-1909), OF 4 ALBERT STREET, GOOLE. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, AND FOUR SISTERS. A HULL DOCKER. AND WAREHOUSE FOREMAN OF MESSRS, AIRE & CALDER, DRYPOOL HE MARRIED SARAH ELLEN O'BRIEN, AT GOOLE, ON 05/12/1903, AGED 21. SARAH ELLEN (AKA NELLIE SMITH) WILKINSON, LIV […]

Born Hull 1882. Son of John Wilkinson (1842-1903) and Harriet Easter Lee (1841-1899), of Hull. he had four brothers and six sisters. He enlisted in Windsor, London on 15/03/1900.  A time expired Coldstream Guardsman. Served 12 years, including in the South African Campaign. Worked as an Oil Mill Labourer. Married Gertrude Naylor (188 […]