Frederick Green Wilkinson

Lieutenant-General Frederick Green Wilkinson (15 November 1825 – 1913) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey).

Frederick Green Wilkinson
Born15 November 1825
Died1913
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankLieutenant-General
Battles/warsCrimean War

Military career

Wilkinson was commissioned as an ensign in the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot on 27 December 1842.[1] Promoted to captain in the 42nd Regiment of Foot on 17 October 1851, he was present at the Battle of Alma in September 1854 and the Siege of Sevastopol in Winter 1854 during the Crimean War.[1] He also served at the Siege of Lucknow in Summer 1857 during the Indian Rebellion.[1]

He became colonel of the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) on 15 October 1891[2] and transferred in 1893 to be colonel of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry until his death in 1913.[3]

Green Wilkinson was chairman of the National Association for Employment of Reserve Officers.[4]

Family

His elder son was Brigadier-General Lewis Frederic Green-Wilkinson (1865-1950).[5][6]

References
  1. "Lieutenant General Frederick Green Wilkinson 1891-1893 (Archived)". Queen’s Royal Surreys. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "No. 26224". The London Gazette. 17 November 1891. p. 5987.
  3. "The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 23 December 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36932. London. 22 November 1902. p. 13.
  5. Burke's Peerage, 1999, volume 1, page 130.
  6. KELLY'S HANDBOOK of Distinguished People 1938.
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