WILKS Charles Henry

  • First Name(s):
    Charles 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    WILKS
  • Service Number:
    32054
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Somerset Light Infantry
  • Battalion:
    6th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 36519, Devonshire Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    23rd August 1917
  • Age At Death:
    26
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, Panel 41 to 42 and 163A.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Crowle, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Edward Samuel and Ann Elizabeth Wilks, of The Malthouse, Crowle, Worcestershire

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WILKS Charles Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Crowle School
Crowle St John the Baptist Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Crowle St John the Baptist Church with the additional information: Pte

Further Information About WILKS Charles Henry

Prior to enlisting Charles Wilks had his own business as a Carter, distributing goods around the area.  He also assisted on the farm where there was a bakery and a butchers.

Source for additional information:
Crowle in the Great War, The Parish in 1914.

A photograph of Private C.H. Wilks can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 9th June 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Charles Wilks has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Tyne Cot Memorial.

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