Private Harry Wilkinson

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

1895

Date of Death

10 Nov 1914

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
Pte Harry Wilkinson story

 

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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Pte Harry Wilkinson story

Author: Deejaya

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