Private
Gerard Steele Wilkinson
Military Details
Service Number: 260643
Regiment & Unit / Ship
7th Border Regiment
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Penrith
Residence at Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
7th
Service Number at Enlistment
315700
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1891
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor, Cumberland.
Address
6 James Street ,Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
6, James St., Cleator Moor, Cumberland.
Residence (Roll of Honour)
6 James Street ,Cleator Moor
Parents
John & Elizabeth Wilkinson (nee Stainton)
Siblings
Joseph, Thomas H, John, George N,Ada, George, Kendal and James Wilkinson.
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Diamond Borer
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
1st April 1918
Age at Death
27
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Place of Death
France
Theater of Action
France
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
7th
Rank at Death
Private
Buried or Commemorated at
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