The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F A Wicker

Private Frank Alfred WICKER, G/959, 6th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died 1.40pm, of compound fracture, 33 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 19th December 1915.

Born Mayfield, Sussex, son of William & Caroline Wicker, Forest Farm, Mark Cross, Tunbridge Wells.

6th November 1892, Parish Church, Mayfield, Sussex, baptism of Frank Alfred Wicker, son of William, (labourer, Mark Cross), & Caroline Wicker.

1911 Census - Stone House Cottages, Bassetts Farm, Mayfield, Sussex - Caroline Wicker, head, age 53, widow, 14 children, 9 still alive, at home, born Hastings, Sussex; Walter Wicker, son, age 24, single, carter on farm, born Rotherfield, Sussex; Frank Wicker, son, age 18, single, labourer on farm, born Rotherfield, Sussex; Arthur Wicker, son, age 16, single, labourer on farm, born Rotherfield, Sussex; Wilfred Wicker, son, age 14, carters mate on farm, born Rotherfield, Sussex; Nellie Wicker, daughter, age 12, school, born Rotherfield, Sussex; Jessie Gammon, boarder, age 59, single, gardener, domestic, born Maresfield, Sussex.

Enlisted Tunbridge Wells, Kent, age 21 years & 360 days, height 5ft 5¼ inches, weight 134lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, wart on back; mole right side of abdomen, 2nd right toe, horse trod on years ago (13 years), no impairment. Formerly labourer.

Home, 3rd September 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF, 1st June 1915 to 19th December 1915.

3rd September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, posted BEF & embarked; 19th December 1915, wounded by a German Rifle Grenade, whilst on a carrying party of Gas Cylinders in the front line, near Givenchy, he died the same day.

30th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, nil; Children, nil; Father, nil; Mother, Caroline Wicker, age 64, Earls Cottage, Mark Cross; Brothers - William Wicker, age 43, Earls Cottage, Mark Cross; ; Walter Wicker, age 33, Earls Cottage, Mark Cross; Arthur Wicker, age 23, Earls Cottage, Mark Cross; Wilfred Wicker, age 22, Earls Cottage, Mark Cross; George Wicker, Jarvis Brook; Sisters - Martha Wicker, age 41, 71 Station Road, Bexhill on Sea; Nellie Wicker, age 21, Earls Cottage, Mark Cross; Esther Wicker, married Wood, Canada.

Buried at Bethune Town Cemetery, IV. G. 45., Pas de Calais, France.

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