See also

Family of Derek Raymond Wilkinson and Eveline L Merry

  • Husband:

  • Derek Raymond Wilkinson (1922-1977)

  • Wife:

  • Eveline L Merry (1919-1970)

  • Status:

  • Divorced

  • Marriage:

  • Q1 1948

  • Deben "Registration District", Suffolk, England1 2 3

  •  

  • There was no issue from this marriage which was acrimonious and they divorced about 1955. Derek was posted to the far east to get away from Evelyn

  • Divorce:

  • 1955 (app)1 3

  •  

Husband: Derek Raymond Wilkinson

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Derek Raymond Wilkinson, 1970?, age 48

  • Name:

  • Derek Raymond Wilkinson4 1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Name Suffix:

  • BEM

  • Father:

  • Raymond Arthur Wilkinson (1895-1972)

  • Mother:

  • Ida Kathleen Lock (1897-1988)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • sailor in the Royal Navy specialising in radio telephony5 6 7

  •  

  • Royal Navy until 20th Nov. 1967 Last rank Chief Petty Officer, Chief Radio Supervisor?

  • Birth:

  • 21 Nov 1922

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England8 5 9 10

  • Military Beginning:

  • 21 Nov 1938 (age 16)5 6 11

  •  

  •  

  • joining the Royal Navy at HMS Ganges Shotley Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 16)

  •  

  •  

  • due to military service

  • Medals:

  • 195612

  •  

  •  

  • Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medals

  • Medals:

  • 1958

  • Singapore1

  •  

  • received his BEM for his work while in charge of a secret radio operation during the period September 1957 to May 1958

  • Military Ending:

  • 20 Nov 1967 (age 44)5 6 3

  •  

  •  

  • last rank Chief Petty Officer, Chief Radio Supervisor?

  • Death:

  • 11 Apr 1977 (age 54)

  • Chichester, West Sussex, England5 10

  • Cremation:

  • 21 Apr 1977

  • Chichester Crematorium, Westhampnett Road, Chichester, West Sussex, England5 1 6

  • Ashes scattered:

  • 1 Jun 1977

  • The Solent, Hampshire, England5 1 6

  •  

  • between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight

Wife: Eveline L Merry

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Eveline L Merry

  • Name:

  • Eveline L Merry1 13 2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Lynn

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • tailor / tailoress14

  • Birth:

  • 13 May 1919

  • Liverpool, Lancashire, England1 13 15

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 20)

  • 15 Strawberry Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England14

  •  

  • an unmarried uniform tailoress living with her parents Edward and Sarah, brother Edward, two closed records and a Betty Kelly. Born on 15th May 1919 and married an Oakes at a later date

  • Death:

  • Q2 1970 (age 50-51)

  • Liverpool "Registration District", Lancashire, England15

Note on Wife: Eveline L Merry

Eveline previously married Harold Oakes in Liverpool in 194016

Sources

1.

Kathy Przeniczny personal communication. letter. Cit. Date: October 2004.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Deben 1948 quarter:1 volume:4b page:1791. Cit. Date: 13 June 2017.

3.

Helena Kilivington personal communication. email conversation. Cit. Date: 14 June 2017.

4.

Ibid. 21st April 2001.

5.

Ibid. Gedcom file. Cit. Date: 22 July 2001.

6.

Ibid. email. Cit. Date: 10 March 2005.

7.

Ancestry UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). RN Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1920-1970 Register Index (1944-1963) page:298. Cit. Date: 14 June 2017.

8.

Helena Kilivington personal communication. Cit. Date: 21 April 2001.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1922 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1654.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chichester 1977 quarter:2 volume:18 page:1554. Cit. Date: 14 June 2017.

11.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Przeniczny Family Tree by katarzyna123. Cit. Date: 3 March 2020.

12.

Ancestry UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). RN Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1920-1970 Register Index (1944-1963) pages:108 and 298. Cit. Date: 14 June 2017.

13.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Derby 1919 quarter:2 volume:8b page:943. Cit. Date: 3 March 2020.

14.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:4392H page:2 line:21 letter code:NICA. Cit. Date: 3 March 2020.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Liverpool 1970 quarter:2 volume:10d age:879. Cit. Date: 3 March 2020.

16.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Liverpool North 1940 quarter:4 volume:8b page:1372. Cit. Date: 3 March 2020.