Private Harry Wilkinson
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1895
Date of Death
10 Nov 1914
Regiment
Service Number
8850
Place of Birth
United Kingdom
World War I Address
United Kingdom
Place of Death
Belgium
Grave Location
Belgium
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
The Luton News , 7th November 2001
Many soldiers in WW1 perished and disappeared without trace. But for the Luton family of Private Harry Wilkinson there was a chance to lay his remains to rest 85 years later.
Harry was buried with full military honours and in the presence of the Duke of Kent at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Prowse Point Military Cemetery in Belgium in 2001. An archaeologist had uncovered Harry's remains in 1999 in a field near a farmhouse he had helped to capture from the Germans on November 10, 1914.
After his death his family moved from Bury in Lancashire to live in Hastings Street, Luton.
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Author: Deejaya
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