Main CPGW Record
Surname: WILKINSON
Forename(s): George
Place of Birth: Blackburn, Lancashire
Service No: 22854
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Battalion / Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion
Division: 9th (Scottish) Division
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1917-05-18
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. C. 4.
CWGC Cemetery: NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
George Wilkinson was the son of William and Cartherine Wilkinson, née Lawson. William was born at either Salesbury or Wilpshire and Catherine at Witton, Lancashire.
1901 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 25, Shorrock Lane - George Wilkinson, aged 9 years, born Blackburn, son of William and Catherine Wilkinson.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 51, Gisburn Road - George Wilkinson, aged 19 years, born Blackburn, Lancashire, son of William and Catherine Wilkinson.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte George Wilkinson, 22854, K. O. Sco. Bord.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte George Wilkinson, 22854, 6th K.O.S.B.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte George Wilkinson, 22854, 6th Bn K.O.S.Bs. Date and Place of Death: Officially accepted as on 18.5.17 in reserve Lazarett I Ingolstadt. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - William. £10 6s. 5d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for George. Card(s) state that George's mother, Catherine, died 10 March 1921.
George is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
A short biography of George is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
WILKINSON, George, aged 25 years, K.O.S.B., son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson, 51, Gisburn Road, [Barnoldswick], died of wounds, Prisoner of War, May 18, 1917.
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Private George WILKINSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 9th (Scottish) Division
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