The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal A J Wilkins

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Corporal Arthur John WILKINS, G/5800, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 24th February 1916, age 20.

Born Westbury, Wiltshire, son of James and Elizabeth Wilkins.

1911 Census - Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire - James Wilkins, head, age 59, married, farm labourer, farming, worker, born Westbury, Wiltshire; Elizabeth Wilkins, wife, age 56, married 37 years, 10 children, 8 still alive, born Chippenham, Wiltshire; Joseph J Wilkins, son, age 22, single, leather tanning, leather manufacturer, worker, born Westbury, Wiltshire; Frank Wilkins, son, age 20, single, leather dyeing, leather manufacturer, worker, born Westbury, Wiltshire; Arthur J Wilkins, son, age 15, single, leather seasoning, leather manufacturer, worker, born Westbury, Wiltshire; Frank S Mattie, boarder, age 24, married 5 years, 2 children, still alive, leather, shaving, leather manufacturer, worker, born Road, Somerset.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent.

23rd December 1915, posted BEF.

Legatee - Maud Cordery.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.