Corporal 1879 Frank WYKES

Corporal 1879 Frank Wykes{gallery}NuneatonRWR-Thiepval{/gallery}1st/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of Bazentine Ridge, Somme, France and Flanders, 14th July 1916, aged 21

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 A, 9 B and 10 B
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of George and Susan Wykes
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chilvers Coton Boys School | Nuneaton WWI RWR

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Record for Corporal Wykes
• Thiepval Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jul Qtr 1895 and baptised 1 Sep 1895 at Chilvers Coton
• Attended Chilvers Coton Boys School
  
• Lived at 29 Victoria Street, Nuneaton [1901 & 1911]
  
• Employed as a brickyard labourer [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton.