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Private W D GILKS

Service Number: 7651
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 July 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

I. B. 44.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Louisa Gilks, of Ladbroke, Rugby; husband of Ethel Mary Gilks, of 125, Brushfield St., Hyson Green, Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription THE KING OF LOVE MY SHEPHERD IS
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Buried or commemorated at

DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 768
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