Private Harold ’Harry’ Wilks
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Wilks,
Harold ’Harry’
Date of birth: 1893-08-10
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Lillian Wilkes, mother. c/o Central Technical School, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Railway Clerk
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1916-06-03
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 10
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 478002
Highest Rank:
Private
(Royal Canadian Regiment)
Rank detail
- Private, Royal Canadian Regiment (Army). 1914-09-04 to 1916-06-03
- Private, 4th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-08-23 to 1914-09-04
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 1597068
LAC ID:
313165
Service file: B10360-S049
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Charles Richard Wilks and Lillian Cecilia Shannon Wilks (nee Ronan); younger brother of Charles Richard Wilks (Service No. 171973)
The RCR were sent to garrison the island of Bermuda in September 1914 and served there for a little over one year. On November 1, 1915 they arrived Boulogne, France
Uploader's Research notes: Royal Canadian Regiment Bermuda Contingent Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 4th Battalion Transferred to the Royal Canadian Regiment Private Army Canadian Infantry Royal Canadian Regiment ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2018-08-17