---

 

 

---

Private Hugh Wilkinson

 

Number: 31982

Company: 61st (South Irish Horse) Company (Dublin) (New), 17th Battalion

ENLISTMENT

Date: 23 February 1901

Place: Belfast

Age: 24 years

Trade of calling: Plasterer

Place of birth: In the Parish of Down, in or near the Town of Holywood, in the County of Down.

Family: Single. Next of kin Annie Finlay Wilson, Cavehill Road, Belfast. Mother Martha, brother James.

Previous military service: No

Description: Height 5' 6 1/4". Complexion fresh, eyes hazel blue, hair brown. T leaf left shoulder.

Religion: Church of England

ACTIVE SERVICE

Date to South Africa: 26 March 1901

Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, 1901 clasps.

DEATH

Date: 15 December 1901

Place: Bloemfontein

Cause: Dysentery

Buried/ commemorated:Bloemfontein (President Brand) Cemetery and Memorial.

This page last updated 25 August 2024.