They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Robert Wilkinson

 

Artificer Engineer, 16065, RCN

 

Born: 15 Jul 1883, Willington, Tyne and Wear, England

 

Died: 12 Dec 1916 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

WILKINSON, Robert, Artificer Engineer, 16065, RCN, MPK - 12 Dec 1916, HMCS GRILSE - age 32, son of James Edward and Jane Wilkinson, of Roker, Sunderland, England. 

 

Artificer Engineer Wilkinson was lost at sea when, along with 5 other men, he was swept overboard off HMCS Grilse in a storm off Nova Scotia.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS GRILSE

 


 

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