Born: 1894, Bradford
Died: 14 July 1916, Somme
Buried: NKG
Address: 2 Fagley Place, Fagley
Parents: Edwin & Eliza, nee Jackson
Spouse:
Siblings: Ernest
Occupation: Lingard’s Warehouse, Westgate, Bradford
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Eccleshill, Park & St Luke’s; Thiepval Monument
Children:
Regiment: West Yorkshire
Arnold Wilkinson
Arnold Wilkinson was born in 1894
in Bradford, the son of Edwin and
Eliza, nee Jackson.
By 1911 the family had moved
from Wakefield Road, Bradford to
41 Belgrave Place, Wibsey and at
17 years of age Arnold was
working as a drapery warehouse
man. Eliza died in 1914 aged 59
years.
When Arnold enlisted he was living
at 2 Fagley Place, Undercliffe and
employed in the drapery
department at Lingards Store in
Westgate Bradford.
Arnold enlisted on the 27th of May
1915 as Private 18/1455 in the 12th
Battalion of the West Yorkshire
Regiment (Prince of Wales Own).
His Battalion took part in the
Somme offensive which began on
the 1st July 1916 and is known as
the Battle of Albert. By the 13th of
July the British advance had taken
it to a point where it was now
facing the second German
defensive system.
A well planned night attack on the
14th of July took British troops
through that system in the area of
Bazentin Ridge but Arnold was
killed in action on that date. He
was 22 years of age.
He is remembered on the Thiepval
Memorial which records the names
of men who fell on the Somme
Battlefields but who have no
known grave.
Arnold left his effects to his father
Edwin who received £3.2.6d on the
1st of February 1917 and a War
Gratuity of £4.0.0d on the 8th of
October 1919
Researched and written by Jean
Britteon, to whom many thanks
