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Arthur Dilkes
| Surname | Dilkes |
| Forename/s | Arthur |
| Rank | Private |
| Service Number | 25557 |
| DOB | 1897 in North Wingfield |
| Address | |
| Date & place of death/details | 19/01/1916 age 18 Died of wounds in Tique Military Hospital Malta |
| Regiment & Unit | A company, 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) |
| Service details | Gallipoli |
| Military Awards? | |
| Married? Children? | |
| Any photographs? | Derbyshire Times 29/1/1916 & Derbyshire Courier |
| Derbyshire Times Obituary? | Derbyshire Times 29/1/1916 (page
10) & Derbyshire Courier 1/2/1916 |
| Parents names | Mr William & Mrs Mary Dilkes |
| Parents address | 20, Station Road, Hepthorone Lane |
| Grave location or memoria location | Buried at Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta, C.V.II.1. |
| Any other information? | His name is misspelt Dilks on Tupton;s
memorial. Also remembered on the North Wingfield memorial. Wounded in the thigh in Gallipoli on the 3rd November 1915, he was treated in a field hospital, and then transfered to Malta Hospital, where he died after a second operation. Pre war occupation was a miner at Clay Cross Company No. 2 pit. He was also a member of the Rechabite Lodge at Clay Cross. He had a brother called William, who was also killed in action later in 1916. |