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Private ERNEST WILKINSON

Service Number: 13046
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 February 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. L. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Louisa Hind (formerly Wilkinson), of 30, London Rd., Northwich, Cheshire and the late Joseph Wilkinson.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1290
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