Name
Albert John Wilkins
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/04/1917
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
19947
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
42nd Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 10
France
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial
Northaw Village Memorial
Pre War
He was born about 1893 in North Finchley, the youngest child of 7 of Daniel and Sarah Ann Wilkins (nee Webb) and was living in The Crown Inn, Newgate Street, Hertfordshire in 1901, where his father was the landlord of The Crown and in 1911 the family were now living at Manor Farm cottages, Northaw. He enlisted at Shoreditch.
Wartime Service
Formerly S/8492 The 9th Battalion The Rifle Brigade Went to France 17th September 1915 and ws killed in action.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Brian Lodge
