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 (1912-1914)
50th (Northumbrian) Division (August 1915 - February 1918)
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[3] and then, from August 1915, as General Officer Commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Division[4] during the First World War. He became colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers in January 1915[5] before he retired on 4 July 1923.[6] In retirement he was Chief Commissioner of St. John Ambulance.[5]

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. 1 2 "Colonels". British Empire. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Army List 1940". War Office. 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.
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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