Wilkinson, Albert
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