Lance Corporal 15991 Bert Clarence WAKELIN

Lance Corporal 15991 Bert Clarence Wakelin{gallery}L/Cpl B C Wakelin{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 3rd June 1917, aged 20.

• Buried: Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave ref: III.K.23
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals.
  
• Son of William and Emily Wakelin of 17 Parsons Street, Wilnecote 
• NNWFHS Memorial: Wilnecote, Kingsbury
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for L/Cpl Wakelin
• NNWFHS Wilnecote War Memorial Page
• Orchard Dump Cemetery
• Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 1898 in Glascote
  
• Employed as a miner / door keeper below ground at Kingsbury Colliery [1911]
  
• Lived at 25 Belgrave Rd, Wilnecote [1911]