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Private Frederick WILKINS, G/20049, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th October 1917, age 34.

Born Borough, London, SE, son of Henry and Jane Wilkins, of London.

18th May 1910, St Paul's Church, Southworth, married Lilly Frances Roberts, spinster, 103, Paulet Road, Camberwell, London.

Enlisted St Pauls Churchyard, London, EC.  age 32 years & 4 months, height 5ft 10 inches, weight 136lbssallow complexion, light blue eyes, brown hair, scar left side of neck, scar front 2nd finger left hand. Resided 103, Paulet Road, Camberwell, SE. Formerly printer.

Home 11th January 1916 to 11th October 1917; BEF 12th October 1917 to 26th October 1917.

11th January 1916, enlisted; 12th January 1916, to Army Reserve; 16th May 1917, mobilized; 19th May 1917, Scarborough, posted No.3. Depot, General Service Cavalry, Service No.37824; 21st May 1917, posted No.3. Reserve Regiment, General Service Cavalry; 25th August 1917, transferred to 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, Service No.G/59208; 12th October 1917, posted BEF & embarked; 13th October 1917, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 14th October 1917, Etaples, 39 Infantry Base Depot, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th October 1917, joined 1st Battalion, In the Field; 26th October 1917, posted missing.

23rd June 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 16/- a week payable to wife will cease.

24th June 1918, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.

4th April 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Lilly Frances Wilkins, 103, Paulet Road, Camberwell, SE.; Children, none; Father, none; Mother, Jane Wilkins, 8, Fleming Close, Walthamstow; Brothers - none; Sisters - Rose Peacock, age 40,  8, Fleming Close, Brettenham Road, Walthamstow; Annie Jenkins, age 49, 57 Islingworth Road, Brighton; Grandparents, none.

Buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, IX. J. 10., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.