Name
Herbert George Wilkerson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/10/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
201496
Suffolk Regiment
15th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
RUE-DAVID MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
II. H. 39.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Royston Town Memorial
Pre War
Herbert was the fifth son of Abraham Wilkerson.
The Soldiers Died In The Great War database records that he was born in Royston, Herts. and he enlisted in Cambridge.
Wartime Service
Formerly 4435, Suffolk Regiment.
He enlisted in the Army in April 1916 and was posted to France in July of that year. He was hospitalised with Enteric Fever, and on recovery volunteered for service in Egypt. After being wounded in March 1918 he returned to France in July that year. He was killed in action on the 16th October 1918.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
