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VC1127 Alfred Robert Wilkinson
Name Alfred Robert Wilkinson No.
VC Issue No. 1127 Awards VC
Regiment Manchester Regiment, 1/5th Battalion
Later King's Regiment
Now The Duke of Lancasters Regiment
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Leigh, Lancashire, England
Place Of Death Bickershaw Colliery, Planks Lane, Leigh, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester)
Buried/Location Ashes Leigh Borough Cemetery, Manchester Road, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 23 October 1940
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Plot 1 - U, Grave 99
Gazetted 6 January 1919
VC Presented 22 February 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Leigh Borough Cemetery, Manchester Road, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), England
P Memorial Plaque, Town Hall, Leigh, Gtr Manchester
P Wilkinson Park Drive, Leigh, Wigan, Gtr Manchester
P Statue in his honour, Wilkinson Park Drive, Leigh, GTR Manchester
Victoria Cross Paving Stone, Wharf Community Centre, Plank Lane, Leigh, GTR Manchester
By The Way…
He died at work in a tragic accident, from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, unbeknown to him a ventilation pipe was blocked by a dead bird
VC Held By
Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.
BORN 5 December 1896
DIED 18 October 1940 AGE 43
VC Won 20 October 1918 AGE 21
Place VC Won Marou, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
