Sir Percival Spearman Wilkinson
Born5 July 1865
Mount Oswald, County Durham
Died4 November 1953
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held1st Secunderabad Infantry Brigade (1912-1914)
50th (Northumbrian) Division (August 1915 – February 1918)
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsKnight 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[3] and then served as General Officer Commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Division on the Western Front from August 1915 until February 1918 during the First World War.[4] He returned to command 50th (Northumbrian) Division as a peacetime formation in the UK in July 1919 before he retired on 4 July 1923.[5] In retirement he was Chief Commissioner of St. John Ambulance.[6]

He was colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers from January 1915 to July 1935.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 25286". The London Gazette. 9 November 1883. p. 5304.
  2. ↑ "Major-General Sir Percival Spearman Wilkinson KCMG CB". British Empire. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Perry 1993, p. 106.
  4. ↑ "The Battle of the Somme, July to November 2016". Imperial war Museum. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Army List 1940". War Office. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Colonels". British Empire. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

Sources

  • Perry, F.W. (1993). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions. Newport: Ray Westlake Military Books. ISBN 1-871167-23-X.

Further reading

  • Davies, Frank (1997). Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914–1918. London: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 9781783462377.
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