Wilkes

Fellow officer
Mentioned: 1916, 1917
Comrades in the field

The officer who took over Morrow's position after his death.

Appears in the diary · 10 entries

1916

  • 10 May 1916Warm. – Went up to 3rd for lunch & pushed on to the war. – Wilkes arrived on Monday to take Morrow’s place. No nothing of his past history but he seems alr …
  • 17 June 1916… g to Blitey next week to get married. – Poked the pasteboards for a while, with less disaster than usual. – Wilkes went to 1st Co’y.

1917

  • 24 April 1917… athing the co’y. Had an omelette at the usual hang-out – Met Hebden & a bunch of the 13th. – Rode back with Wilkes – Good Gallop across country. – Tommy slightly lame. – Mac walked down to the lines with …
  • 25 April 1917… of the crocks go. – To a bomb proof job at Divn. – O.C. tells me to report to C.R.E. tomorrow & be asst. to Wilkes. – Can't say I'm sore about it tho I hate to leave the Co'y. – Still it's a change & a ch …
  • 28 April 1917… in there & Fritz is still in possession of the woods to west. Rushed work on Gen's hut & completed at dark. Wilkes went into BETHUNE. Memo from C.E. posts me to C.E.P.B. unit. – Don't like the sound. – Br …
  • 29 April 1917… s found last night. – Pretty well smashed up, – he never knew what happened I guess. – Had lunch up at #3 – Wilkes went in to BRUAY so I stuck around the office & wrote the odd letter. #1 co'y relieved in …
  • 4 May 1917Hot & close Labyrinth 1st co'y moved to MAISNIL BOUCHE. Lunch at "B" mess with Wilkes. Spent the day marking maps. 2nd Coy moved back to Labyrinth. Heavy counter attacks on FR …
  • 15 May 1917… Canon Scott – Maj. Rolston – Pat. Goldie – Padre McGrier – Maj. Bennet, O'connor, Wilgar, Dunbar, Fether, – Wilkes, Jeff McPhail – Maj. Foss & I starred as dancers. – Rolston was telling me of a vacancy o …
  • 22 May 1917… g the Div but you soon get used to anything in the Army. – Joe came over this aft & we tried to get hold of Wilkes by phone to find out about leave. – Couldn't catch him. – B–y is a poor place for an Adjt …
  • 23 November 1917… via Villers and looked round the old place. – Somehow or other Villers seems like an old home to me. – Saw Wilkes & Hertzy at Div. – We had to speak to Wheeler about the rations to-day. – I guess it was …
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