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Arthur Wilkinson

Details

Forename Arthur
Surname Wilkinson
Middle Name
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph
Age 30
Address 25 Trafalgar St
Parents' Address 2 Cross St
Township Leigh
Rank Lance Corporal
Occupation or place of work Bedford Colliery
Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps 56th Fle Amb
Day of Death 4
Month of Death June
Year of Death 1917
Cause of Death Accidentally killed by shell he was unscrewing
Place of Burial Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension
Regiment Number 37396
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Awarded MM. Brother of Joseph
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 14/7/16 - member of a soldier family, LJ 11/5/17 - MM LJ 15/6/17 - death