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Lieutenant GILBERT WILKES

Service Number: 176400
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 23 October 1942 and 24 October 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXVII. C. 22.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Claughan and Katherine Lee Wilkes, of Sherburn Hill, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED ONLY SON OF MRS K.L.WILKES SHERBURN HILL, CO.DURHAM "BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES"
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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