See also

Family of Oliver Harry Wilkinson and May Eliza Robertson

Husband: Oliver Harry Wilkinson

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Oliver Harry Wilkinson

  • Name:

  • Oliver Harry Wilkinson2 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Edward Henry Wilkinson (1861-1934)

  • Mother:

  • Cassandra Elizabeth Palmer (1861-1940)

  • Executive Summary:

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  • 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:

  •  

  • baker and confectioner then a hospital laundry foreman4 5

  • Birth:

  • 3 Jul 1887

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England2 3 6 7

  •  

  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England9 4 10

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  • 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)

  • Hospital, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12 13

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  • dear husband of May, father of Ernest and of 3 Bantoft Terrace Ipswich

  • Cremation:

  • 12 Aug 1959

  • Ipswich Crematorium, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

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  • at 2:30 pm

Wife: May Eliza Robertson

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May Eliza Robertson

  • Name:

  • May Eliza Robertson14 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 25 Aug 1888

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England14 15 16 17

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Nov 1888 (age 0)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England18

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  • daughter of Frederic William Robertson and Anna

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 2)

  • 1 Cobden Place, Ipswich, Suffolk, England15

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  • daughter living with her parents and four siblings. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 12)

  • 153 Cemetery Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16

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  • daughter living with her mother and six siblings. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 22)

  • 50 Alexandra Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England19

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  • daughter aged 22 Legging maker born in Ipswich Suffolk living with mother.

  • Death:

  • 12 Mar 1975 (age 86)

  • Hospital, Ipswich, Suffolk, England17 20

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  • formerly of Bancroft Terrace, sister of Ethel and Olive, aunt of Edna and Jim

  • Cremation:

  • 18 Mar 1975

  • Ipswich Crematorium, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England20

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  • at 12 noon

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1921 quarter:3 volume:4a page:2576.

2.

Birth Certificate. own copy. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

3.

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.

4.

Ancestry UK, British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

6.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

7.

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.

8.

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.

9.

Military Record. On-Line. Cit. Date: November 2009. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

10.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk).

11.

Ancestry British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

12.

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.

13.

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.

14.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1888 quarter:4 volume:4a page:799. Cit. Date: 12 June 2017.

15.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1472 folio:141 page:19. Cit. Date: 12 June 2017.

16.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1780 folio:35 page:20. Cit. Date: 12 June 2016.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1975 quarter:1 volume:10 page:2857.

18.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:I04006-2 sys:England-EASy film 1858019 ref:m 58.

19.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10851 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:26 schedule:261.

20.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Ipswich Evening Star. Thursday 13th March 1975 page:3. Cit. Date: 12 February 2018. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.