W. Bro. Revd. David T. Youngson, PPAG Chaplain, Northumberland gives the following:
The information given below in respect of some of the brethren is the best possible conclusions from Lodge records, Grand Lodge records & Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
661 Fawcett Lodge
Year of Warrant 1856
Masonic Hall, Seaham Harbour
100346 Cpl. WILKINSON Cuthbert
Royal Garrison Artillery 281st Siege Battery
He was born at Springwell, County Durham. A Confectionery dealer, he was Initiated on the 14th February 1912; Passed 8th May 1912 and Raised on the 6th June 1912 resigning in 1916. He rejoined in 1917, when his occupation was given as a Picture Hall Proprietor. He enlisted at Seaham and was killed in action on the 23rd October 1918 and is buried in St. Hilaire Les Cambrai British Cemetery, Nord, France. Grave Ref: C.4.
Editor’s Note
There is no next of kin or age given in any military or Grand Lodge records. Another person with the same name appears in the Durham Masonic Yearbook of 1918. Cuthbert Wilkinson PPJGW who was a member of Fenwick Lodge No 1389 in 1901 and a Joining Member of Palatine Lodge No 97.
Cuthbert Wilkinson is remembered at Dawdon on D41.04