Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1 Joseph WILKINSON Private 9536 Joseph WILKINSON of 2nd (Garrison) Bn., Cheshire Regiment Died of Wounds Sunday 30th December 1917, At Sea on Egyptian Coast, age 40 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.Previous Man List Of Men Next Man
Of: 21 Catherine Street, Hyde, Cheshire Born: 1877, Hyde, Cheshire Parents: Marital status: Married to Jane Wilkinson (née Chandler) of 21 Catherine Street, Hyde, Cheshire Occupation: Labourer, Dukinfield Waggon Works He enlisted in: Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Remembered on: Chatby Memorial, Egypt, Commonwealth War Grave Link with Hyde: Born in Hyde