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Surname: WILKINSON
Forename(s): Henry Turner
Place of Birth: Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire
Service No: S4/036171
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Army Service Corps
Battalion / Unit: 25th Lines of Communication Coy
Division: ---
Age: 36
Date of Death: 1917-12-30
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: CHATBY MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Henry Turner Wilkinson was the son of James and Elizabeth Ann Wilkinson, née Bridge. James was born at Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire and Elizabeth at Clitheroe, Lancashire.
1891 Bolton-by- Bowland, Yorkshire Census: Henry T. Wilkinson, aged 9 years, born Bolton-by-Bowland, son of James and Elizabeth A. Wilkinson.
1901 Bolton-by- Bowland, Yorkshire Census: Coach & Horses - Henry Turner Wilkinson, aged 19 years, born Bolton-by-Bowland, son of James and Elizabeth Wilkinson.
Henry was married to Jane Benson in 1909. Jane married Albert Shaw in 1920.
1911 Chatburn, Lancashire Census: Toll Bar - Henry Turner Wilkinson, aged 29 years, born Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire (married).
The British Army Service Record for Henry Turner Wilkinson exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: A/Cpl Henry T. Wilkinson, S4/036171, R.A.S.C. Theatre of War first served in: (3) Egypt. Date of entry therein: 28.3.15. Drowned at Sea.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: A/Cpl Henry Turner Wilkinson, S4/036171, R.A.S.C. Drowned at Sea 30.12.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: A/Cpl Henry Turner Wilkinson, S4/36171 [sic], A.S.C. Date and Place of Death: 30.12.17. Drowned at sea en route Egypt. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Jane and child. £6 19s. 1d. War Gratuity: Widow - Jane. £14 10s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Henry. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Jane, born 18.2.86. Address: 8, Tulketh Brow, Preston, Lancs. Children: Henry, born 18.4.12.
The 1921 Census shows that Jane, her son Henry, husband Albert and his son Albert Gordon Shaw were living at 7, Sandhill Terrace, Latchford, Cheshire (County Borough of Warrington). The 1939 Register shows that Jane and her husband Albert were living at 5, Frederick Street, Latchford. Jane died in 1960.
Henry, along with Private Lionel Montague Hindle (534381) (q.v.) and L/Corporal John Hitchin (303162) (q.v.), died when HT 'Aragon' was torpedoed at the entrance to the port of Alexandria. A Long Preston soldier, Sapper Alfred Percy Cooper (WR/290232) (q.v.), survived the sinking of the 'Aragon' only to die later in the War.
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, Corporal H.T., aged 36, A.S.C., brother of Mr. J.W. Wilkinson, Coach and Horses Hotel, [Bolton-by-Bowland], drowned at torpedoing of H.M.T. Arragan, Dec.30, 1917.
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L/Corporal Henry Turner WILKINSON

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Army Service Corps
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