Remembering Today Casualty Details | CWGC Driver JAMES WILKES T/4684513, Royal Army Service Corps who died age 41 on 25 July 1946 Remembered with honour BIRMINGHAM (LODGE HILL) CEMETERY Grave Reference: Plot 7AB. Grave 654. Additional Info: Husband of May Frances Wilkes, of Ladywood, Birmingham. Personal Inscription: A TRIBUTE OF LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE. ASLEEP IN THE ARMS OF OUR LORD. R.I.P.
Hi, I know this was written a while ago now but James and May Wilkes were my great grandparents. I would love any additional information that anyone could offer about James. Thanks
Hello Simone You could apply for his service records Get a copy of military service records: Overview - GOV.UK James Wilkes ( - 1946) - Find A Grave Memorial
England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 Name: James Wilkes Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1934 Registration district: Birmingham Inferred County: Warwickshire Spouse: Frances M Ball Volume Number: 6d Page Number: 1035 Info from the marriage certificate would indicate birth year (or at least age at marriage) plus often fathers names of bride & groom TD
Thank you both very much for your help. I have sent off for the marriage cert and am just waiting for its arrival! I will also look into applying for his war records.
