Gilbert Walter Charles Private 6208559
Personnel Entry
Name Gilbert Walter Charles
Army number 6208559
Rank Private
Decorations Not known
Date of birth Research suggests birth was in Q1 1914 at Dartford, Kent. Mother's maiden name Pratt.
Age 30 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment. Posted to 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Died of Wounds 30/6/1944.
Company/Battery Not yet confirmed.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not known
Joined Brigade Not yet known
Promotions Not known
Wounded Yes, but date not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died of Wounds 30/6/1944. Buried initially in Jerusalem Cemetery may reference 816.724 and subsequently re-interred on 20/2/1945 in Grave III.H.10. Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery. Headstone inscription - "UNTIL THE DAY BREAK".
Home address Son of Stephen and Annie Emily Gilbert, of Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
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