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Samuel Wilkinson

Ancestry site Military records,
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Rifleman Samuel Wilkinson, Service No 465047, 11 (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury
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Rifles), London Regiment, born, resided and enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 21
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September 1917, Western European Theatre, aged 25. Formerly 4049, 10 London Regt.
Remembered on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Panel 54.
Forces War Records, Rifleman Samuel Wilkinson’s parents were the late John and Elizabeth
Wilkinson.

Ypres (Menin Gate) – source:- http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-
cemetery/cemetery/91800/YPRES%20(MENIN%20GATE)%20MEMORIAL

Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial Redditch, St Luke’s war memorial, Headless Cross and Headless
Cross C. of E. School war memorial

(On the 1911 census Samuel, aged 17, Fish Hook Filer, lived with his Uncle Jonas and Aunt Louisa Wilkinson, at
3 Evesham Road, Headless Cross. On 1901 census Samuel aged 7, lived with his parents John, aged 49, retired
Publican and Florence at 5 Evesham Road, Headless Cross. Next door at 3 Evesham Road lived Jonas, John’s
brother, and Louisa Wilkinson)

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 9 March
1918

Other Local Casualties
Previously Reported Missing now Reported Killed
Wilkinson S. (435047) – K.R.R.C. from Redditch
Acknowledgements: www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk - Martin Stephens who digitised the Bromsgrove, Droitwich
and Redditch Messenger

He is remembered at: - http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/910992/WILKINSON,%20SAMUEL

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