Percival Spearman Wilkinson

Sir Percival Spearman Wilkinson
Born 5 July 1865
Mount Oswald, County Durham
Died 4 November 1953
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Major-General
Commands held 1st Secunderabad Infantry Brigade
Battles/wars First World War
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Major-General Sir Percival Spearman Wilkinson KCMG, CB (5 July 1865 – 4 November 1953) was a British Army officer who served as colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers.

Military career

Wilkinson was commissioned into the 5th Regiment of Foot on 10 November 1883.[1] He became Inspector General of the Royal West African Frontier Force in 1909.[2] Promoted to major-general on 8 August 1912, he served as Commander of the 1st Secunderabad Infantry Brigade, part of the 9th (Secunderabad) Division, on internal security duties in India during the First World War.[3] He became colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers in January 1915[4] before he retired on 4 July 1923.[5] In retirement he was Chief Commissioner of St. John Ambulance.[4]

References

  1. The London Gazette: no. 25286. p. 5304. 9 November 1883.
  2. "Major-General Sir Percival Spearman Wilkinson KCMG CB". British Empire. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  3. Perry 1993, p. 106
  4. 1 2 "Colonels". British Empire. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  5. "Army List 1940". War Office. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

Sources

Military offices
Preceded by
Sir George Bryan Milman
Colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers
1915–1935
Succeeded by
Sir William Norman Herbert
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