Alfred Burton Wilkes

Rank:

Major

Unit at enlistment:

Canadian Army Medical Corps, No. 3 General Hospital

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Binfield, Berkshire, England - Unknown Cemetery

Commemorated at:

Grace Anglican Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

121 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

121 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Medical Student

Employer:

McGill University

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX April 14, 1915

Family With Proud Record – Miss Marjorie Hilton Wilkes Leaves for War Zone – Three Brothers There Already

Miss Marjorie Wilkes, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. A.J. Wilkes, left the city on Monday evening for New York, there to proceed with Lady Drummond’s party to do war service in England. The party, which includes Miss Antoinette Parker, of Ottawa, formerly of this city, has been organized to constitute an enquiry and correspondence bureau for wounded Canadians under treatment in Old Country hospitals. The proposal is to make enquiries concerning the relatives and friends of the soldiers and to keep them informed as to the progress of the wounded fighting men to write letters for the patients unable to carry on their own correspondence and in various other ways to help the disabled men.

Miss Wilkes’ departure constitutes the fourth in a family of five children. Lieutenant Alfred Burton Wilkes is with the McGill University base hospital contingent; Lieutenant Francis Hilton Wilkes is with the Royal Canadian Dragoons; Lieutenant James Frederick Ransom Wilkes is with the Royal Field Artillery, and now Miss Marjorie will do her part. Little Miss Gwendolyn Wilkes is the only member of the family now at home with Col. and Mrs. Wilkes.

Lady Drummond’s party will sail for New York on the White Star Liner, Arabic. Mrs. Wilkes accompanied her daughter to the American metropolis.

BX March 27, 1918

WILKES – MITCHELL

The marriage took place yesterday afternoon in St. Mary’s Parish church, Lenham, Essex of Captain Burton Wilkes, C.A.M.C., eldest son of Lieutenant.-Col. And Mrs. A.J. Wilkes, Brantford, to Miss Marie Mitchell, daughter of the late Surgeon-Major Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell of Lenham, Essex. Captain Hilton Wilkes, bother of the groom, acted as best man, and Lieut.-Col. Logie Armstrong and Mrs. Armstrong, sister of the groom, Fred Salter of the G.T.R. London; Lieut.-Col. C.M. Nelles, former commander of the R.C.D.’s and Lieut. Kenneth Nelles were at the ceremony.

BX January 15, 1943

Dr. Alfred B. Wilkes Dies – Son of Late Col. A.J. Wilkes Expires

Word was received on Friday of the death of Dr. Alfred Burton Wilkes, eldest son of the late Colonel A.J. Wilkes and Mrs. Wilkes of this city. He had attended public school here and Trinity College at Port Hope, and graduated in medicine from McGill University in 1914. Following upon his graduation, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and served overseas during the First Great War. For some time Dr. Wilkes practiced medicine in Ottawa, and was later associated with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as assistant medical director. Several years ago Dr. Wilkes took up residence in England, residing at Binfield, Berkshire. During the present war, Dr. Wilkes had been in the services of the Royal Army Medical Corps. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Marie Wilkes, and a son and daughter, who reside in England, as well as his two sisters, Mrs. W. Shirley Coate, Ottawa, and Mrs. F. Logie Armstrong, Kingston, Ont. and his brother, Lieut-Col. F. Hilton Wilkes, Toronto. A brother Ransom Wilkes died in Montreal some years ago.