Dvr. Wilkinson, Fred
Driver
Date of Birth: , Penclawdd (SDGW)
Enlisted - Date: 1915
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea (SDGW)
Other service: 1347 & 840933, Dvr, 2/4th Sth Mid Bde
Date Died: 6/8/1917
How Died: Killed in Action
Awards: BWM. VIC.
Personal Details
WORKING NOTES
Born . Parents -
1901 -
1911 -
1915 - Married Beatrice Jenkins, 25/9/15
1916 - Son: Frederic John bn 18/6/16
1917 - Killed in Action 6/8/1917. Buried Flanders, near Ypres
Military Service
No SR or Brigade Service Number
Likely enlisted Apr - June 1915, def Swansea
Transferred from 3/1st Howitzers to 2/4th Sth Midland Brigade, Apr 1916
Likely France 21 May 1916 and at same time 2/4th Sth Mid became 308 Bde
Jan 1917, likely transferred to D/307 Bde
Killed in Action, 6 August 1917, Buried Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, 6km SW of Ypres
Addnl info: Buried: Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Belgium
Final Unit: D/307 Bde
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)
Explanation Of Abbreviations
Awards
- 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
- BWM – British War Medal
- VIC – Victory Medal
- SWB – Silver War Badge
- TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
- TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
- TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal
Gallantry
- MID – Mention In Dispatches
- LG – London Gazette
- MM – Military Medal
- DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal
Sources
- ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
- MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
- SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
- SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
- SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
- COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
- SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
- PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
- CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
- RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
- NEWS – Newspapers
- CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
- BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
- FAM – Family Records