Name
Douglas Barker Wilkin
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/08/1917
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
31913
Essex Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 98 to 99.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Letchworth Garden City memorials*1
Pre War
Douglas was the sone of Joseph B and Annie M Wilkin.
Wartime Service
Killed in action near Ypres, Belgium
Additional Information
Douglas is also commemorated on his family’s grave in Letchworth
Cemetery. His part of the inscription reads:
ALSO OF DOUGLAS BELOVED
SON OF THE ABOVE [JOSEPH B WILKIN]
KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES, AUGUST 23RD.
1917, AGED 25 YEARS
AT REST
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
