The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J N Rickard

Private John Noel RICKEARD, G/30981, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly Middlesex Regiment, Service No.G/27460), killed in action, Flanders France, 28th June 1918, age 37.

Born Newlyn East, Cornwall, son of Silas and Isabella Rickeard, of Tolcarne House, Newquay, Cornwall.

1911 Census - 20 Angell Road, Brixton, London SW - John Noel Rickeard, boarder, age 29, single, letter sorter, General Post Offer, employee, born Newlyn East, Cornwall.

6th September 1911, Emmanuel Church, Camberwell, London, John Noel Rickeard, age 29, bachelor, Civil Servant, 20 Angel Road, Brixton, father Silas Rickeard, Auctioneer, married Lilian Cynara Lucie Marshall, age 22, spinster, 57, Station Road, Camberwell, London, father Edward John Marshall, hairdresser.

Children - Aubrey Reginald Rickeard, born 8th February 1912.

Enlisted Wandsworth. Resided Balham, Surrey.

23rd November 1918, Probate - John Noel Rickeard, of 41 Laitwood Road, Balham, Surrey, died 28th June 1918, in France. Administration (with Will) London, 23rd November to Lilian Cynara Lucie Rickeard, widow. Effects £417 10s.

Commemorated at Ploegsteert Memorial, Panel 8, Belgium.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War both show lastname as RICKARD and Service No. as 30981; CWGC web site shows lastname as RICKEARD and Service No. as 30980.

This page was last updated on 02-Sep-2021.