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Lieutenant David Gordon Wilkes

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Military service

Service number: 343594
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Division: 1ST Bn.
Death: December 19, 1945

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Plot 7. Row F. Grave 11.
Additional information
Son of Alfred Burton Wilkes and Marie Cranstoun Wilkes, of Binfield, Berkshire.

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 576 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY Germany

The COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY may be approached from the A4 motorway leaving at junction Koln-Klettenberg. Follow the direction Koln-Klettenberg, turning right into the Luxemburger Strasse.

At the traffic lights close to the railway crossing turn right again into the Militarring Strasse. At the second traffic lights turn left into the Oberer Komarweg, which passes under a viaduct. Turn right into the Kalscheurer Strasse. Turn right again into the first street which is the Keudenicher Strasse, this road leads to the Honinger Platz. The main entrance of 'Koln Sud Friedhof' can be seen from this Honinger Platz round- about.

Entering the 'Friedhof' from the main entrance, follow the main cemetery road which leads to Cologne War Cemetery.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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