1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment.

Awarded the Military Medal in the London Gazette of 5 July 1917.

Wilkinson was a native of Burnley, Lancashire.

The Burnley Express of 12 May 1917 reported,

The Burnley Express of 30 March 1918 reported,

The battalion War Diary states Military Medal awarded for operations from the 9th - 18th April 1917.

"Soldiers Died in the Great War" shows, Killed in action 1 July 1918. Born and enlisted at Burnley, Lancashire.