Wilkinson, Frank
41733 Private, 19th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby)
116608 Private, 195th Company, Labour Corps
50427 Private, Cameron Highlanders
S/448908 Private, Army Service Corps
Born in Scotter
Son of James (a farm foreman from Branston Fen near Bardney) and Betsy (nee Glasier of Lincoln)
Baptised 10th June 1894 at St. Peter's Church
Father moved family for work to Kirton-in-Lindsey, Northorpe and Scotton before living at South Street, Scotter
Lived at Sandbeck Farm, Blyton working as a butcher/slaughter man
Enlisted 26th February 1916
Sent to France on 18th July 1916
By chance met George William Rennison (South face) and had egg and chips with him
Transferred to the Labour Corps on 9th May 1917
Joined the Cameron Highlanders on 4th July 1918
Returned to England on 18th March 1919
Joined the Army Service Corps on 5th May 1919
Worked as a butcher at their Aldershot barracks
Moved to North Camp, Ripon and demobilised on 10th September 1919
Married Grace Imogen Francis of Gainsborough in 1925
Became the village butcher with his shop on South Street (now High Street) opposite The Green
Lived at 64 High Street
Died 6th July 1964 aged 70 at 8 The Green
Buried alongside his wife and close to his parents in Scotter Cemetery
Brother of Albert