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Lieutenant JOHN ERNEST GILKES

Service Number: 154263
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

3 Bomb Disposal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 04 December 1940

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEAMINGTON (WHITNASH ROAD) CEMETERY

Sec. 109. Grave 222.

United Kingdom

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Phoebe Ann Gilkes; husband of Winifred May Gilkes, of Leamington Spa.
  • Personal Inscription TREASURED MEMORIES OF DEAR JOHN. "I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU"
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