Name
Arthur Henry Wilkinson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/10/1917
36
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
31887
York and Lancaster Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
V. I. 7.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hoddesdon and Rye Park Town Memorial, Hoddesdon,
St Catherine and St Paul’s Church Memorial, Hoddesdon
Pre War
Born on 25 May 1882 in Paddington, London son of Henry William Wilkinson and lived in 5 Amwell Street, Hoddesdon. He married Annie Maud Everett on 5 Aug 1912 in Bishop’s Stortford and they lived in 12 North Road, Hoddesdon. He worked with his father as a butcher.
Wartime Service
Enlisted on 5 Jun 1916 formerly 25545, 8th Northamptonshire Regiment, entered France on 28 Sep 1916 and transferred to the York and Lancaster Regiment on 14 Nov 1916. He was injured on 19 Jan 1917 but recovered and rejoined his regiment. He died in No 47 Casualty Clearing Station of wounds received at Ypres.
Additional Information
A M Wilkinson on St Catherine and St Paul’s Church, Hoddesdon.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
