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Warrant Officer WILLIAM WILKES

Service Number: 1575737
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

211 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1945

Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

1. L. 3.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ruth Anne Wilkes, of Nottingham; husband of Frances Annie Wilkes, of Woking, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE IS ETERNAL, LOVE IS IMMORTAL THROUGH CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR
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Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
India
Number of casualties: 860
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