Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Joseph WILKINSON
Private 9536 Joseph WILKINSON
2nd (Garrison) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Died of Wounds, Sunday 30th December 1917, At Sea on Egyptian Coast, age 40
| Home address: | 21 Catherine Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1877, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | - |
| Marital status: | Married to Jane Wilkinson (née Chandler) 21 Catherine Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Occupation: | Labourer, Dukinfield Waggon Works |
| Enlisted: | Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire |
| Remembered: | Chatby Memorial, Egypt, panel 11. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Died during attack in H.M.T. Aragon on the Egyptian Coast.
His Majesty's Troopship Aragon was a transatlantic liner that had been converted to carry troops during WW1. She was hit by a torpedo from the submarine UC-34 near the etrance to Alexandria Harbour after a voyage from Marseille. Around 3,000 were on board. 610 died.