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Rifleman W H WILKINSON

Service Number: 47723
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. C. 45.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. and Mr. John Wilkinson, of "Cloverlands," Lindley's Lane, East Kirkby, Notts. Born at Eastwood.
  • Personal Inscription THY DEAR SWEET FACE EVER LIVES IN OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1697
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