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Frank Langton Wilkinson | killed on the Somme

Photograph of the regiment. Close up of Frank from the above. Death plaque issued to the family.
Frank Langton Wilkinson was the contributor's uncle. He was killed on the Somme in September 1916. Born in 1897, and joined the West Yorkshire Regiment as a Private, possibly in early to mid 1916. He has no known grave.

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CONTRIBUTOR

Mr David Nichols

DATE

1916 - 1916-09

LANGUAGE

eng

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1

INSTITUTION

Europeana 1914-1918

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UGC

Contributor

europeana19141918:agent/1ff1de772cfd889e4484a42c62ea7005

Date

1916-09
1916

Type

Story

Language

eng
English

Country

Europe

DataProvider

Europeana 1914-1918

Provider

Europeana 1914-1918

Year

1916

DatasetName

2020601_Ag_ErsterWeltkrieg_EU

Begin

1916

End

1916-09

Language

mul

Agent

Frank Langton Wilkinson | europeana19141918:agent/08c2594038b811511da17cadff691373
Mr David Nichols | europeana19141918:agent/1ff1de772cfd889e4484a42c62ea7005

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2019-09-11T08:21:41.083Z
2020-02-25T08:25:52.411Z
2014-08-02 14:58:59 UTC

Provenance

BL01

Record ID

/2020601/https___1914_1918_europeana_eu_contributions_17096

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