Private 9536 Joseph WILKINSON
2nd (Garrison) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Died of Wounds, Sunday 30th December 1917, at sea off the coast of Egypt, 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.