Wilkins, HJU
(1881 - 1915)
Key Facts
DATE OF BIRTH:
16th March 1881
YEARS ATTENDED THE COLLEGE:
1896 - 1898
HOME ADDRESS WHEN AT THE COLLEGE:
140 Lexham Gardens, Kensington
REGIMENT
1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
FINAL RANK:
Major
DATE OF DEATH:
15th August 1915
AGE AT DEATH:
34
WHERE HE DIED (or was wounded)
Gallipoli
LOCATION OF GRAVE OR MEMORIAL:
Helles Memorial. Panel 139 and 140
Major Herbert Jocelyn Ussher Wilkins
Born on the 16th March 1881, Herbert was the Dulwich representative in the ‘Sabres’ category of fencing. He competed at Aldershot in 1897 and 1898, gaining a second-place finish in the former competition. He was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant from the Militia in 1901 to the South Lancashire Regiment before being promoted to Lieutenant then to Captain in 1909. From 1907 to 1912 Herbert served as Adjutant of the 1st Volunteer Battalion before he moved to the 4th Territorial Battalion, the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, at Halifax. When the war broke out he was attached to the Regimental Depot at Warrington and in December 1914 he was posted to the 6th Service Battalion of his regiment, where he was soon appointed second in command with the rank of Major. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 5th August 1915; his widow Mary survived him.
