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VC1200    Thomas Wilkinson

Name   Thomas Wilkinson   No.      POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   1200   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Royal Naval Reserve

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won    Temporary Lieutenant

Rank End Of Career   Temporary Lieutenant

Place Of Birth   96 Mersey Road, West Bank, Widnes, Lancashire, England

Place Of Death   Aboard HMS 'Li-Wo' between Singapore and Batavia, Malayan Straits, Java Sea

Buried/Location Ashes   Lost at sea between Singapore and Batavia, Malayan Straits, Java Sea

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone        Plot/Grave no.  

Gazetted    17 December 1946

VC Presented   28 January 1947 by King George VI at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his brother, William

Memorials

P  Named on  War Memorial (column 2, panel 1), Pierhead, Liverpool, Merseyside

P  Named on Family Headstone ,Widnes Cemetery, Birchfield Road, Widnes, Lancashire

P  Named on War Memorial, Victoria Park, Widnes, Lancashire

P  Victoria Cross Memorial, Victoria Park, Widnes, Lancashire

Memorial Plaque, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

P  Wilkinson Close, Widnes, Lancashire

P  Wilkinson Road, Barne Barton, Plymouth, Devon

Blue Plaque, 96 Mersey Road, West Bank, Widnes, Lancashire

P  Victoria Cross Memorial, RBL Halton, Cheshire

By The Way…

In the finest traditions of the Navy, he went down with his ship

VC Held By

I.W.M. /Lord Ashcroft Collection

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BORN    1 August 1898

DIED   14 February 1942   AGE   43

VC Won   14 February 1942    AGE    43

Place VC Won   Malayan Straits, Java Sea

War/Campaign   Second World War