Edward Cowgill WILKINSON

Main CPGW Record

Surname: WILKINSON

Forename(s): Edward Cowgill

Place of Birth: Clitheroe, Lancashire

Service No: 36510

Rank: L/Corporal

Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 15th (Service) Battalion. (1st Leeds)

Division: 31st Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1917-05-03

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 4.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Edward Cowgill Wilkinson was the son of William and Ellen Wilkinson, née Cowgill. Both parents were born at Clitheroe, Lancashire.

1881 Clitheroe, Lancashire Census: 8, Woone Lane - Edward C. Wilkinson, aged 2 years, born Clitheroe, son of William and Ellen Wilkinson.

1891 Clitheroe, Lancashire Census: 8, Bonny Grass - Edward C. Wilkinson, aged 13 years, born Clitheroe, son of William and [stepson of] Martha A. Wilkinson.

1911 Leeds, Yorkshire, Census: 169a, Hyde Park Road - Edward Cowgill Wilkinson, aged 32, born Clitheroe, Lancashire. [Edward was boarding with Arthur John and Clara Rothery.]

Edward was married to Gertrude Bibby in 1911.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Edward C. Wilkinson, 36510, W. York. R. Pres. Dead 3.5.17.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: L/Cpl Edward Cowgill Wilkinson, 36510, 15th W. York. R. Presumed Dead 3.5.17.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: L/Cpl Edward Cowgill Wilkinson, 36510, 15th Bn W. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: On or since 3.5.17. Death pres'd. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Gertrude. £3 16s. 3d.

The 15th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (1st Leeds), informally known as the Leeds Pals, were amalgamated with the 17th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (2nd Leeds) to form the 15th/17th Battalion on the 7 December 1917.

Data Source: Memorial Inscription on Family Gravestone

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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