Notes
The All About Thornton website (see References) states: ‘William Wilkinson, born in July 1919, son of John Edward and Amanda Wilkinson of 47 High Street, Thornton. In the 1939 Register both William and his younger brother Jack, were employed as assistants in a grocery and provision shop. Corporal, 11 Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, #4346080. Died of wounds June 6, 1944 (D Day), aged 24. Grave reference: I.M.2 Hermanville War Cemetery, Calvados, France. '