Private Fred Wykes
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1892-05-28
Place of birth: Quorn Leicestershire England
Next of kin: Albert and Jane Wykes Strathearne House 22Preston Crescent Inverkeithing,Fife Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): stone cutter
Occupation (normalized): Stone Cutter and Finisher
Date of death:
1916-04-21
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Menin Road South Military Cemetery, I. M. 30.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 457912
Highest Rank:
Private
(60th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 60th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 97233
LAC ID:
324786
Service file: B10618-S032
Uploader's Notes: Son of Albert and Jane Wykes, of Strathearne House, 22, Preston Crescent, Inverkeithing, Fife.
Uploader's Research notes: War diary indicates Private Wykes was sniped in trenches...."..one mn C company,one man D company sniped". Diary entry 21 April 1916. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 60th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20