 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Wilkinson ni a fun ni aṣẹ gẹgẹbi ọmọ-ogun ni 43rd Monmouthshire Regiment of Foot ni ọjọ 27 Oṣu kejila ọdun 1842. A gbe e ga si olori ninu 42nd Regiment of Foot ni 17 Oṣu Kẹwa ọdun 1851, o wa ni Ogun ti Alma ni Oṣu Kẹsan ọdun 1854 ati Siege ti Sevastopol ni Igba otutu ọdun 1854 lakoko Ogun Crimean. Ó tún ṣiṣẹ ní Ìkọlù Lucknow ní ìgbà ẹẹrùn ọdún 1857 nígbà Ìdìtẹ India : ó ṣe tán. 