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Private JOHN HENRY WILKS

Service Number: 12397
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY

II. B. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Emily Wilks, of 5, Monument Retreat, Waterworks Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription DEEP IN OUR HEARTS HIS MEMORY WE KEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3448
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