Name
Cecil Charles Palmer Wilkin(*1)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/10/1918
17
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Air Mechanic 3rd Class
304551
Royal Air Force
Recruits Depot (Blandford)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ALDBURY (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St John the Baptist Church Memorial, Aldbury, Aldbury Peace Memorial Institute Memorial, Aldbury, John Dickinson & Co Memorial, Apsley Mills, Apsley
Pre War
The son of Charles Palmer Wilkin and Annie Wilkin, of Manor Croft, Berkhamstead, Herts.
Additional Information
*1 We believe to be the man that appears as C Wilkins on the John Dickinson & Co Memorial, Apsley Mills, Apsley.
Cecil’s headstone (not CWGC) inscription reads:
“In loving memory of Cecil.
THE ONLY BELOVED SON OF CHARLES AND ANNIE WILKIN. WHO DIED OCTOBER 24TH 1918. IN HIS 18TH YEAR.
THE CUP WAS BITTER THE STING SEVERE.
TO PART WITH HIM WE LOVE SO DEAR.
THE TRIAL IS HARD BUT WILL NOT COMPLAIN.
BUT TRUST IN CHRIST TO MEET AGAIN.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
