Wilkinson, John William

Johnny wilkinson

photo from Allen Limb

 

John William Wilkinson  ('Johnny')

11/2709 Private, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment

40513 Private, Norfolk Regiment

Born in Scotter

Son of John (a farm labourer) and Emma Jane (nee Fountain of Spalding)

Family lived at The Green

Baptised 17th March 1893 at St. Peter's Church

Gassed by the enemy

Reported wounded and missing on 27th March 1918

Two months later he wrote to his parents and said he was a prisoner of war in a German hospital suffering from a broken thigh

Married Bertha Schofield on 19th December 1923 at St. Peter's Church

Member of Scotter Brass Band (picture taken in 1947)

Became the village postman delivering on his bicycle

Lived at 5 High Street

Walked with a stick due to his wartime injury

Died 24th April 1963 aged 70

Buried in Scotter Cemetery

Parents buried in the churchyard

Brother of Herbert Charles