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Lieutenant Sydney WILKS, 6th Battalion, Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, 7th October 1916.

Born Bickley, Kent, son of James Herbert & Jessie Wilks.

1911 Census - Swallowfield, Southborough Road, Bickley, Kent. - James Herbert Wilks, head, age 51, married, leather merchant, employer, born Brixton; Jessie Wilks, wife, age 50, married 26 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Paddington, SW; Winifred Mary Wilks, daughter, age 25, single, born Bromley, Kent; Nora Margaret Wilks, daughter, age 22, single, born Bromley, Kent; Sydney Wilks, son, age 18, single, assistant to Leather Merchant, worker, born Bickley, Kent; Margaret Elizabeth Wilks, sister, age 59, sister, born Bermondsey, SE; James Eleveyn Wilks, half brother, age 19, science student, born Folkestone, Kent; Emma Smith, servant, age 38, single, cook, domestic, born North Weald, Essex; Rosena Emma Holder, servant, age 18, single, housemaid, domestic, born Bromley, Kent.

7th October 1918, Sydney Wilks, of Colac, Waldegrave Road, Bickley, Kent, Lieutenant 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, died on or since 7th October 1916 in France. Administration London 11th April to James Herbert Wilks, leather merchant. Effects £102 9s3d.

Commemorated at  Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.

London Gazette 7th July 1916.

SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS.

Temporary Lieutenant  S. Wilks, Royal West Kent Regiment,  and to be transferred to the General List.  - 9th June 1916.

London Gazette 19th October 1916.

Royal West Kent Regiment - Temporary Lieutenant  S. Wilks, from  General List, to be temporary Lieutenant, 26 August 1916, but with seniority from 1st February 1915.