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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

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • 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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