Bertie James WILKIN

24 August 1917

WILKIN – August 12th 1917, killed in action on the Western Front, Private Bertie Wilkin, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, husband of Mrs. Wilkin, 35, Phillip Street, Barnoldswick, aged 24 years.

24 August 1917

BARNOLDSWICK – STRETCHER BEARER KILLED

Pte. Bertie Wilkin, a stretcher bearer in the Duke of Wellington’s, who is officially reported to have been killed in action on August 12th, was 24 years of age, and leaves a wife and two children living at 35, Phillip Street, Barnoldswick, Enlisting immediately after the outbreak of war he had been out in France over two years during which he had only had one home furlough. He had been twice wounded. Before the war he was a weaver at Messrs. Ormerod’s Moss Shed, and a member of the Barnoldswick Football Club.

09 August 1918

WILKIN – In ever loving memory of my dear husband, Private B.J. Wilkin, of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who died of wounds August 12th, 1917.

I do not forget him, nor do I intend;
I think of him always, and will do to the end.
I mourn him in sorrow and silence unseen,
And dwell on the memory of days that have been.

His the Glory,
Ours the pride and pain.

From his loving Wife and Babies, 35 Philip Street, Barnoldswick.

WILKIN – In ever loving memory of a dear son and brother, Bertie J. Wilkin, who gave his life for his country August 12th, 1917, aged 24 years.

We have lost, but Heaven has gained
One of the best this world contained.
To forget is a vain endeavour,
Love for our boy will live for ever.
Yet some time, some day, we hope to see
His dear face kept to memory.

From his Mother and Sister, 11 King Street, Barnoldswick.

WILKIN – In proud memory of my dear brother, Private Bertie J. Wilkin, who fell at Nieuport while tending the wounded on August 12th, 1917.

His King and Country called him,
The call was not in vain;
On Britain’s roll of honour
You will find my brother’s name.

Never forgot by his Brother John (somewhere in France), and wife Martha, 18 Fourth Avenue, Goole, Yorks.

08 August 1919

WILKIN – In loving memory of a dear son and brother, Bertie J. Wilkin, S.B., who gave his life for his country August 12th, 1917, aged 24 years.

In our home you are fondly remembered,
Sweet memories cling around your dear name.
True hearts that in life loved you dearly
Do love you in death just the same.

From Mother, Brother and Sister, 11 King Street, Barnoldswick.

WILKIN – In ever loving memory of a dear husband, Bertie J. Wilkin, stretcher bearer, who died of wounds received in action in France, August 12th, 1917, aged 24 years.

Some time I hope to meet him,
Some time – I know not when –
I shall clap his hand in the better land
Never to part again.

From his loving Wife and Children, 35 Philip Street, Barnoldswick.

13 August 1920

WILKIN – In loving memory of Pte. B. J. Wilkin, who died of wounds received in action in France, August 12th, 1917.

Deep down in my heart lies a picture
Of my dear husband called to rest;
In memory’s frame we shall keep it,
Because he was one of the best.

From his Wife and Children, 35 Philip Street, Barnoldswick.

WILKIN – In ever loving memory of a dear son and brother, Bertie J. Wilkin, who died August 12th, 1917.

Like ivy on a withered oak,
When all things else decay,
Our love for him will ever live
And never fade away.

Mother, Brother and Sister, 11 King Street, Barnoldswick.

12 August 1921

WILKIN – In loving memory of my dear husband, Pte. Bertie James Wilkin, who died of wounds received in action on August 12th, 1917.

Oh for the touch of a vanished hand
And the sound of a voice that is still.

From his loving Wife and Children, 30 Philip Street, Barnoldswick.

WILKIN – In loving memory of Bertie J. Wilkin, August 12th, 1917.

What would we give to clasp his hand,
His dear kind face to see.
To hear his voice and see his smile
That meant so much to me.

From Mother, Brother and Sister, 11 King Street. Barnoldswick.