Corporal 19376 Ernest Wilkinson
Regiment/Unit: King's (Liverpool Regiment) - 1st Bn
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 33
Date of death: 25th of September 1915
Born: Toxteth, Liverpool
Resided: Ormskirk, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Cambrin Military Cemetery -
BMD details:
Marriage to Catherine Jane Noonan?, 12 July 1905 at Limerick.
Family details:
Next of kin from service records: Mrs Alice DeBona (mother), Vincent Street, St Helens. Remarried Wife: Catherine Jane Welsh, 10 Park Avenue, Ormskirk. (receives medals)
Census details:
1881 - 2 months old Ernest and parents William J. (20), Mary A. (19) are living at 3 Court, 3 House Watkinso Street, Liverpool with grandmother Alice Gibbs (59). 1891 - 10 years old schoolboy Ernest is living at 113 St James street, Liverpool with parents William James (28), Marie Alice (28) and siblings Alice Jane (5), Gertrude (2). Also at the address is grandmother Alice Gibb (69). 1901 - Not found. 1911 - Sees 29 years old 'Railway Porter' Ernest living at 8 Woods Square, Aughton Street, Ormskirk with wife of seven years Catherine (24). Note: Remarried mother and siblings are living at The Elders, Town Green, Aughton in 1911.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Wilkinson_E_KLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/WilkinsonE_KLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Corporal Ernest Wilkinson at Cambrin Military Cemetery
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