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 19/08/1914. HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE RIGHT ARM AT THE BATTLE OF MARNE, ON 20/9/1914. HE DIED OF COMPLICATIONS AND DELAYED TREATMENT, AT NO:10 GENERAL HOSPITAL, ROUEN AT 2.15 PM ON 01/10/1914. HE HAD SERVED ONLY 12 MONTHS.
HIS DETAILS ARE RECORDED IN THE DE RUGIVINY ROLL OF HONOUR WITH THIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HE IS RECORDED KILLED ON THE SCOTT STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 09 October 1916)
First name:
FRANK LEE
Military Number:
71456
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
01/10/1914
Place died:
St.Nazaire (Toutes-Aide) Cemetery, Loire Atlantique, France
Age:
19
