Spr Edgar William Wilkinson MSM (for Gallantry), WR/264840, 64th ROD, Royal Engineers

[Ivor Anderson]

Spr Edgar William Wilkinson MSM (for Gallantry), WR/264840, 64th ROD, Royal Engineers

Interesting that this Meritorious Service Medal was one of a minority awarded for gallantry 'not in the presence of the enemy'.

Prev 238787 RE.  He must have done something specific to warrant it's award - MSM card from Ancestry & LG 17 June 1919:

Trying to locate the war diary for this railway unit at TNA?  64th Broad Gauge Operating Company, Railway Operating Division, RE?

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Additional Info

[Ivor Anderson]

Sapper RICHARD STEPHEN WHITE, WR/263672 &  229615, 64th Broad Gauge Operating Coy, RE - died 28 May 1918: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/19153/richard-stephen-white/    Buried: Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, France

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[Ivor Anderson]

Edgar Wilkinson's MIC and medal roll show that he entered France post 1915 as Sapper 238787, Royal Engineers, before transferring to the railways division (MIC Ancestry):