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Private HARRY EDWARD WILKES

Service Number: 950
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Irish Horse

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

IV. E. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry Wilkes (ex S.Q.M.S. Royal Army Pay Corps), and J. V. I. Wilkes, of 7, Waldegrave Rd., Hornsey, London. Native of Exeter, Devon. Enlisted 8th Aug., 1914.
  • Personal Inscription JESUS SAID UNTO HIM "FOLLOW ME" AND HE AROSE AND FOLLOWED HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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