The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Wilkinson

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Private Frank WILKINSON, L/10677, 6th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 2nd August 1916.

Born West Wickham, Kent, son of Mary Wilkinson, Pix Park, West Wickham, Kent.

1911 Census - Nash, Hayes, Beckenham, Kent - Edward Durling, head, age 64, married, gamekeeper. domestic, worker, born West Wickham, Kent; Sarah Durling, wife, age 52, married 23 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Tiverton, Devon; Frank Wilkinson, boarder, age 22, single, gamekeeper. domestic, worker, born West Wickham, Kent; Mary Durling, daughter, age 21, single, Elementary School Teacher, County Council, worker, born West Wickham, Kent; Hilda Durling, daughter, age 14, school, born West Wickham, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent.

22nd June 1915, posted BEF.

13th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Mary Wilkinson, Pix Park, West Wickham, Kent.

Buried at Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, H. 28., Somme, France. Commemorated West Wickham, Kent, War Memorial.