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Gunner ARTHUR WILKES

Service Number: 930499
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

65 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 10 March 1945

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORLI WAR CEMETERY

VII, B, 1.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Florrie Wilkes, and stepson of Albert Cornfield, of Lozells, Birmingham; husband of Elizabeth Florence Wilkes, of Lozells.
  • Personal Inscription A SMILING FACE A HEART OF GOLD NO BETTER HUSBAND THIS WORLD COULD HOLD
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Buried or commemorated at

FORLI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 738
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