Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson
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Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson VC was an English-born Canadian and British Army officer who was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the
Thomas Orde Wilkinson, VC
19th (Western) Division
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The 19th Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of Kitchener's Army, formed in the Great War.
Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson
…Regiment and by the start of 1916 was serving on the Western Front as a gunnery officer. Wilkson's battalion was part of the 56th Infantry Brigade, 19th Division, which was involved in the opening stages of the Battle of the Somme. During the battle, on 4 July 1916, his battalion was attacking the village of La…
Officers of the 10th (Service) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, at Perham Down, Wiltshire, November 1914.