WW1 1914 star and bar trio. Wilks. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. KIA Battle of Festubert Reverse: FELICITAS PVBLICA

Reverse: FELICITAS PVBLICA

Unnamed as issued

36x17mm approx

X in exergue

WW1 1914 star and bar trio. Wilks. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. KIA Battle of Festubert Reverse: FELICITAS PVBLICAThe star is impressed to 8309 Pte C WILKS. R. INNIS. FUS. The war medal and victory to 8309 CPL C WILKS. R. INNIS. FUS. Charles Wilks died on the 19th May 1915 whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, during the battle of Festubert. He was 29 years old. His body, like so many others was never recovered from the battlefield. The events of this battle, an attempt to take the German lines on higher ground, are a matter of