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Military service
Service number:
C/21626
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
Death:
June 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. C. 9.
Additional information
Son of Charles James Wilkins and Mary Francis Wilkins; husband of Agnes Barty Wilkins, of Halloway, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Edward Wilson Wilkins
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022. -
Memorial
Private Edward Wilson Wilkins is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Wilson Wilkins
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Wilson Wilkins
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Wilson Wilkins
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Wilson Wilkins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 478 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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