Battles/wars First World War Battles and wars World War I Service/branch British Army | Died 4 November 1953 Rank Major-general Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Commands held 1st Secunderabad Infantry Brigade Awards Order of St Michael and St George, 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. He became Inspector General of the Royal West African Frontier Force in 1909. 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. He became colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers in January 1915 before he retired on 4 July 1923. In retirement he was Chief Commissioner of St. John Ambulance.
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