Wilkinson, Albert

Claude wilkinson

 

A. WILKINSON

Albert Wilkinson ('Claudie')

Born 1900 in Scotter

Son of James (a farm foreman from Branston Fen near Bardney) and Betsy (nee Glasier of Lincoln)

Father moved family for work to Kirton-in-Lindsey, Northorpe and Scotton before living at South Street, Scotter

Became a greengrocer in Scotter

Married Florence Driffill on 20th July 1924

Had a plot at the old Scotterthorpe allotments

Owned a motorbike and sidecar

Died in a shooting accident on 2nd October 1935 aged 35

After working at his allotment he carried his 12 bore shotgun back to where his motorbike was parked at a house yard on the High Street; the gun discharged while being loaded into the sidecar

Buried in Scotter Cemetery alongside his parents 

brother of Frank