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• Name VERITY
• Initials G
• First name GILBERT
• Place of birth Sudden
• Country Lancashire, England
• Family Son of Frederick Abraham and Patience Wilkinson, of "Scaitcliffe," 492, Manchester Rd., Rochdale; a brother Reginald;
• Education St.-Edward's School, Castleton; Manchester Grammar School; Agricultural College, Holmes Chapel; Manchester and Salford University Officer Training Corps

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 1 December 1915
• Rank Second Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 2nd/5th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers "C" Coy.
• Division - Brigade 164th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 55th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Mobilised 1 December 1916; promoted to commissioned ranks 27 February 1917;

Death

• Wounded Shell burst in trench, Congreve Walk;
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds, compound fracture leg, in n°3 Can CCS
• Date of death 31 July 1917
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XIV - A - 9

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