Early Life and Military Career
Wilkinson was born in Highgate, Middlesex, the son of a barrister. He was educated at Harrow School and entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1889. He was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1890 and promoted Captain in 1899. He served in the Second Boer War and retired in 1907, although he returned to service in the First World War as a staff officer. He was promoted Major in 1915.
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