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Name George William GILKS   
Rank/Number Lance Corporal   17497
Regiment Bedfordshire Regiment   6th Battalion
Enlisted Leighton Buzzard 
Age/Date of death 32      15 Jul 1916 
How died/Theatre of war Killed in action   France & Flanders
Last known address Great Brickhill 
Cemetery Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boisselle, Somme, France 
Grave or Memorial Reference III.F.34 
Location of memorial Great Brickhill St Mary the Virgin
Date/Place of birth c1884      Woburn, Beds
Date/Place of baptism  
Pre-war occupation of Casualty timber merchants labourer 
Parents Mary Gilks?
Parent's occupation
Parents' Address (last known) 1901: 16 New St, Woburn, Beds? 
Wife Emma Mary Gilks 
Wife's Address (last known) Station Rd, Earls Barton, Northampton 

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