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Verrieres · 02-12-2008, 10:17 PM

Hi,
Thought you may be interested in this photograph of Lieut Wilkes Grave.
GILBERT WILKES

Name: WILKES, GILBERT
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: between 23/10/1942 and 24/10/1942
Service No: 176400
Additional information: Son of Claughan and Katherine Lee Wilkes, of Sherburn Hill, Co. Durham.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVII. C. 22.
Cemetery: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

Regards
Verrieres

02-12-2008, 10:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
Verrieres Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Durham Posts: 298	Hi, Thought you may be interested in this photograph of Lieut Wilkes Grave. GILBERT WILKES Name: WILKES, GILBERT Initials: G Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry Unit Text: 9th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: between 23/10/1942 and 24/10/1942 Service No: 176400 Additional information: Son of Claughan and Katherine Lee Wilkes, of Sherburn Hill, Co. Durham. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVII. C. 22. Cemetery: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY Regards Verrieres