Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Wright Milks
In memory of:
Gunner John Wright Milks
August 28, 1918
Military Service
320035
21
Army
Canadian Field Artillery
51st Bty. th Bde.
Additional Information
Son of Joseph and Mary Helen Milks, of 15, Fourth Avenue, Ottawa.
Digitized service file.
Commemorated on Page 471 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ACHICOURT ROAD CEMETERY (ACHICOURT)
Pas de Calais, France
D. 17.
Achicourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, immediately South of Arras. The Achicourt Road Cemetery lies between the villages of Achicourt and Beaurains, a little East of the main road from Arras to Amiens, about two kilometers from Arras railway station. The cemetery covers an area of 700 square yards and is surrounded by a low brick wall. It is planted with Siberian crab trees and flowering shrubs.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of John Wright Milks – From "Our Heroes in the Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919. -
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Document – From an address given by J. Douglas Peck QC, former Lieutenant in the 51st Bty, 13th Brigade 1916-1918. -
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Letter – Excerpts of letters written by J. Douglas Peck, 51st Bty, 13th Brigade, 1918. -
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Roll of honour – Lisgar Collegiate honour roll
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