BORN LICHFIELD, STAFFORDSHIRE 1885. SON OF JOSEPH GILKES AND HANNAH CLIFTION. WAS BOARDING AS A DOCK LABOURER AT 6 CEYLON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SERVED IN THE HULL PALS – 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, FRANCE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW MABEL AT 10 SABINA AVENUE, BALFOUR STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE MARFLEET MEMORIAL (BUT SURNAME IS SPELT “GILKS”).
First name:
FREDERICK THOMAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/111
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
31
10 SABINA AVENUE, BALFOUR STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
