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JOSEPH WILKINSON Born GREAT HORTON, Yorkshire Served in 60th Foot Regiment; 69th...
Catalogue reference: WO 121/2/300
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JOSEPH WILKINSON
Born GREAT HORTON, Yorkshire
Served in 60th Foot Regiment; 69th Foot Regiment; 19th Foot Regiment
Discharged aged 44 after 23 years 10 months of service
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners
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