Deplexcito Nelson Wilkie L/Cpl 2760279
Personnel Entry
Name Deplexcito Nelson Wilkie
Army number 2760279
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Black Watch, enlistment date not yet known, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Wounded. Posted to the ? Battalion of the Black Watch on the disbandment of the Brigade. Returned to the UK. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 9/5/45.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known, but probably Rifleman or Rifle Section 2 i/c.
Joined Brigade Not yet confirmed.
Promotions None known beyond Lance Corporal.
Wounded Yes – reported wounded North West Europe but exact date not recorded.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 4, Wellbraehead, Forfar, Angus.
Source table 1TS
