Wilkinson, John William
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