BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JANE BUXTON (1871-1946) AND DAVID GEORGE WILKINSON (1872-1938), OF COURTNEY STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER.
MARRIED ROSE HANNAH READ (1890-1964) AT WADDINGTON, LINCOLN, IN 1910. HE WORKED AS A STEEL GRINDER, IN SHEFFIELD (1911 CENSUS). THEN LIVED IN NEW BOLINBROKE, LINCS.
HE ENLISTED AT LUTON, BEDFORD. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/10/1915, AGED 24
HIS WIFE ROSE HANNAH WINFIELD AND CHILDREN, CHARLES AND ROSE, LIVED AT, 4 CROSS STREET, GAINSBROUGH. HER WAR PENSION WAS SUSPENDED FOR “UNWORTHY CONDUCT” AND MARRYING HENRY STANLEY WINFIELD, AT LINCOLN, IN 1918..
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
2561
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
13/10/1915
Place died:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
4 CROSS STREET, GAINSBOROUGH, , LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
