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Frank Wilkes

Frank Wilkes
Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
164362
Unit at enlistment: 
84th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot - Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Commemorated at: 
Grace Anglican Church
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Cheshire
Birth city: 
Chester
Address at enlistment: 
225 Wellington Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Thornleigh, Chester, England
Trade or calling: 
Labourer
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Widower
Age at enlistment: 
39

Letters and documents

BX August 4, 1955

Frank Wilkes

Frank Wilkes, 81 of 187 Elgin Street, died this morning in the Brantford General Hospital.  Born in Chester, England, he had been a resident of Brantford for 43 years.  During the First World War he served overseas for four years with the 125th Battalion, C.E.F.  He was a member of the Canadian Legion.  He was also a member of Grace Anglican Church.  Surviving, besides his widow, formerly Hettie Briggs, are one son, Harry of Brantford; one daughter, Mrs. George (Florence) Potter, of Toronto; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.  Mr. Wilkes is resting at Beckett Funeral Home, where the service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m.  Interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot in Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX August 8, 1955

Frank Wilkes

The funeral service for Frank Wilkes, 187 Elgin Street, was conducted Saturday at Beckett Funeral Home.  Rev. C.V. Tompkins, St. Luke’s Anglican Church officiated.  Pallbearers were Comrades David Monkman and Robert Varey, both of Branch 90, Canadian Legion, Leonard Sage, Harry Wilkes jr., Robert Kyle, and Leslie Russell.  Interment was in the Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery.

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