See also
Husband:
Oliver Harry Wilkinson (1887-1959)
Wife:
Ethel Elizabeth Felgate (1887-1914)
Children:
Marriage:
Q4 1910
Tendring "Registration District", Essex, England1
Oliver Harry Wilkinson
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Executive Summary:
a baker, pastry cook and confectioner in 1911/12 then served as a baker in the Army Service Corps 1917/19. Sometime later becoming a hospital laundry foreman at Anglesea Road Hospital in Ipswich
Occupation:
Birth:
3 Jul 1887
son of Edward Henri Wilkinson (oyster dredger) and Cassandra Elizabeth Wilkinson formerly Palmer
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 3)
30 Kings Quay Street, Harwich, Essex, England8
a son living in three rooms with his parents and a sister. Born in Tollesbury Essex
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 13)
23 Hordle Street, Dovercourt, Essex, England7
son living with his mother Cassandra and brothers Bertie, Raymond, Herman and Baden, and sisters Ivy and Dorothy. Born in Tollesbury Essex
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 23)
65 Lee Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England5
head of the household aged 23, baker & pastrycook living with his wife in two rooms born Tollesbury, Essex
Address:
1915 (app) (age 27-28)
95 Hatfield Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4
Military Beginning:
27 Nov 1915 (age 28)
joining the Army Service Corps 6th Field Battery. He was a married baker aged 28 years and 5 months, height 5' 4.25", and posted to the Army reserve as S/307244.
Address:
1917 (app) (age 29-30)
10 The Crescent, Combs, Suffolk, England4
Military Service:
3 Mar 1917 (age 29)
-4
was mobilised joining ASP Res P Depot in Bath the following day. At sometime in 1917 he qualified as an army 2nd hand baker
Medical Examination:
11 Mar 1917 (age 29)
38 Berners Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4
by W Reed-Hill and found to be suffering from lumbago and was not fit for military duties
Military Service:
23 Mar 1917 (age 29)
-4
joined 74 Bak Sec ASC in Oswestry which seemed to return to Bath 10th December 1917
Military Service:
5 Jan 1918 (age 30)
-4
began service in France, embarking S.S. Duchess of Argyle in Southampton, disembarking in Le Harve the following day. He served with the 15th Field Bakery from 30 January 1918 being fined three days pay for improperly making a field dough in Calais on 6th December 1918. From 27 February 1919 he had 14 days leave, then served with 6th Field Bakery having another 14 days leave from 24th June 1919. He then went to Thetford and Derby
Military Ending:
19 Nov 1919 (age 32)4
being demobilised from the Army Service Corps. His character reference said "very good, a good baker, willing, honest, sober & reliable & gave satisfaction"
Medals:
1920 (app)11
awarded the Victory and British medals
Witness:
13 May 1934 (age 46)
Oliver Harry Wilkinson witnessed the death of Edward Henry Wilkinson on 13 May 1934 in Rise Hall Lane, Akenham, Suffolk, England
Death:
8 Aug 1959 (age 72)
dear husband of May, father of Ernest and of 3 Bantoft Terrace Ipswich
Cremation:
12 Aug 1959
Ipswich Crematorium, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13
at 2:30 pm
Name:
Ethel Elizabeth Felgate1
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
Q3 1887
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 3)
Coke Street, Harwich, Essex, England15
a daughter aged 3 living in three rooms with her parents and two brothers. Born in Harwich Essex
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 23)
65 Lee Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England5
wife aged 23, living with her husband in two rooms. Born in Harwich, Essex. Married under one year, no children
Death:
Aug 1914 (age 27)
Burial:
17 Aug 1914
All Saints Church, Main Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England17
aged 27
Name:
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Occupation:
trolley bus conductor and driver for Ipswich Corporation Buses21 22
Birth:
30 Jan 1912
Baptism:
1 Mar 1912 (age 0)
St. Augustine's Church, Hill Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England19
son of Oliver Harry Wilkinson (baker and confectioner) and Ethel Elizabeth of 113 High Street, born 30th December 1912
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 9 yrs 5 mns)
95 Hatfield Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England23
grandson whose mother had died attending school and living with his grandparents Edward and Cassandra, and uncle Ronald. Born in Dovercourt Essex
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 27)
6 Clarence Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England22
a married trolly bus conductor living with his wife Gladys and a closed record (presumably daughter Maureen). Born on 30th January 1912
Death:
May 1994 (age 82)
Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England20
England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Tendring 1910 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1323.
Birth Certificate. own copy. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1887 quarter:3 volume:4a page:460. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.
Ancestry UK, British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).
England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1698 folio:48 page:35. Cit. Date: 10 June 2017.
England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1402 folio:144 page:18.
Military Record. On-Line. Cit. Date: November 2009. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.
FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk).
Ancestry UK, British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1959 quarter:3 volume:4b page:656.
Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Ipswich Evening Star. Monday 10th August 1959 page:4. Cit. Date: 12 February 2018. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1887 quarter:3 volume:4a page:474.
England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1402 folio:80 page:52. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1914 quarter:3 volume:4a page:691.
The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy). Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1912 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1524. Cit. Date: 29 April 2018.
Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Dovercourt St. Augustine baptisms 1884-1922 ref:D/P 174/1/46 image:170 page:135 entry:1074. Cit. Date: 7 October 2020.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1994 quarter:2 district:7471D register no:D12B entry:283 date:0594. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.
Harold Eric Wilkinson personal contribution.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6609D page:24 line:14 letter code:TVOF. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9430 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:7 schedule:188. Cit. Date: 16 October 2022.