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Military service
Service number:
6973
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Serjeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
June 17, 1890
Death:
June 15, 1915
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Son of Henry Thomas and Edith Sarah Wakelin, of Gayton, Blisworth, Northants, England.
Brother of Sergeant Frederick Bert Wakelin, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment).
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Lance Serjeant Tom Wakelin
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Tom Wakelin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 40 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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