Private S/6733 Ernest WILKINS

2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Killed in Action, Friday 21st January 1916, Persian Gulf, Age 17

Home address:

2 Booth Street, Gerrards, Off Stockport Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire

Born:

1899, Newcaslte-on-Tyne, Tyne and Wear

Parents:

Martha V. Wilkins and John William Wilkins
Bracken House, Longbenton, Killingworth, Tynemouth, Tyneside

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation:

School and Domestic Duties

Enlisted:

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire

Remembered:

Basra Memorial, Iraq, panel 25 or 63.

Link to Hyde:

Lived in Hyde