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FRANK LEE WILKINSON
Gnr, Frank Lee Wilkinson, RFA
BORN HULL 10/05/1895. SON OF FRANCIS LEE WILKINSON & EMILY WAKEFIELD, AT 8, LITTLE LOCKWOOD STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) & 13, PLATO TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION 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 IN THE ARMY.
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)
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