Oliver's address book and campaign medals:
the 1914-15 star (right), the British War medal (centre), the Victory medal (left).
These were affectionately known as "Pip, Squeak and Wilfred"
For more on British military medals see http://www.1914-1918.net/pipsqueak.htm
Oliver's memorial plaque - his "Death Penny"
Oliver's headstone as described in the letter above,
photographed on 11th November 2004.
In the distance the industrial estates of Ieper (Ypres)
move closer to the front line of the Salient.
Oliver's memorial near his home in Tring, Buckinghamshire:
"Mary Wilkins...also of Bugler Oliver Wilkins, son of the above
killed in action in France, August 16th 1917, aged 20 years.
'He died for us' ".
(Oliver died, in fact, in Belgium, but this confusion was very common)
Oliver Wilkins 3: commemoration