Oliver Wilkins was the fourth of six children (five boys and one girl) of Thomas and Maria Wilkins. They lived in Tring, Herts. The youngest child, William, treasured these mementoes of his older brother – the war hero. William was too young to go.

William’s grandson, Graham Legge, has inherited the collection which he kindly lent to us. Graham is a work colleague of Neil Harrison one of the cast members of “Oh What a Lovely War!”

"He was a good soldier, very popular with the other men in the Battalion."

"He was renowned for his cheeriness..."

(Oliver is in the back row, 2nd from the left)
"I enclose a photograph of the platoon he was in taken
just before they went into action… I could send you a
few more copies if you would care to have them."

Click NEXT to go on to Oliver Wilkins 2: "I very much regret..."

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