Interallied Victory Medal (P-2676 Pte. G. H. Wilkinson. M.F.P)

Wounded-in-Action: The recipient, George Henry Wilkinson is confirmed having been a casualty of the '100 Days' Campaign of 1918, when he was 'Wounded-in-Action' in France, while serving with the 2nd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

Notification of the recipient being wounded was published in the Weekly Casualty List issue of 17 September 1918, under the 'War Office Daily List' of British Army Casualties reported for 13 September 1918. In the casualty list, the recipient is shown as being from 'Manchester'

At the time of first entering a theatre of war during the Great War, the recipient, No. P-2676 Private George Henry Wilkinson served with the Military Foot Police of the British Army. He later transferred to the 2nd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in which latter infantry regiment he held the regimental number 36419 (the recipients extant Medal Rolls & Medal Index Card refers)

Medal(s) Verification: The recipient is confirmed having been entitled to 2 x campaign medals for his services during the Great War, per below cited medal roll references:

- British War Medal: WO 329/1416. Later served with 2nd Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/1416. Later 2nd Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

2nd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1914-18: The 2nd Battalion landed at Tanga in German East Africa as part of the 27th Indian Brigade in November 1914 and then moved to Mombasa later in the month for service in East Africa; it was then transferred to Egypt in January 1917 for service in Egypt and later with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine, where it served as LOC troops in the Gaza region of Palestine. The battalion landed in France in May 1918 for service on the Western Front

Condition: VF

Code: 24721