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Corp Harold Wilkinson

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Corp Harold Wilkinson

Birth
Lancashire, England
Death
10 Oct 1918 (aged 20–21)
At Sea
Burial
Eccles, Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England Add to Map
Plot
F. CE. 16883
Memorial ID
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71605 Corporal Harold Wilkinson.
The Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

Aged 21.
Son of John Alfred Wilkinson and Elizabeth Wilkinson formerly James, of 10, Trevelyan Street, Eccles, Lancashire.

He was onboard the RMS Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes from a German submarine, in the Irish Sea, whilst it was enroute from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Co. Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, on the morning of 10th October 1918.
The headstone notes that his body was recovered some weeks later, and interred on 9 November 1918.

His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties I - Z
71605 Corporal Harold Wilkinson.
The Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

Aged 21.
Son of John Alfred Wilkinson and Elizabeth Wilkinson formerly James, of 10, Trevelyan Street, Eccles, Lancashire.

He was onboard the RMS Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes from a German submarine, in the Irish Sea, whilst it was enroute from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Co. Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, on the morning of 10th October 1918.
The headstone notes that his body was recovered some weeks later, and interred on 9 November 1918.

His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties I - Z

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  • Created by: John
  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108280869/harold-wilkinson: accessed ), memorial page for Corp Harold Wilkinson (1897–10 Oct 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 108280869, citing Peel Green Cemetery and Crematorium, Eccles, Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England; Maintained by John (contributor 47032041).