George Wilkinson
Birth Place: Salford, Lancs
Residence: Manchester
Death Date: Friday 25th Aug 1916
Enlistment Location: Manchester
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Battalion: 3rd Battalion.
Number: Z/2166
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds....Corbie field dressing station.
[Casualty-Active Service Form B.103]
Show he was seriously wounded from a gunshot to the head on the 3rd May 1915 and transferred to England per SS St. Patrick, his wound/s were such that he did not return to his unit until exactly one year later when he was transferred to the front line on 3rd May 1916.
He suffered another wound on the 21st August 1916 and subsequently died of these wounds on the Friday the 25th August 1916.
CWG
Rank:RiflemanService No:Z/2166
Date of Death:25/08/1916
Age:27
Regiment/Service:Rifle Brigade 3rd Bn.
Grave Reference:Plot 2. Row B.
Grave 81.
Cemetery:CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information:
Only son of John and Rose Ann Wilkinson, of 46, Manchester Street, Salford, Manchester.
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