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Second Lieutenant FRANCIS JOSEPH HICKING

Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

13th Bn. attd. 10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FRICOURT NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

C. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph William and Kate Florence Hicking, of Halsey House, Pittville, Cheltenham, formerly of Ruddington, Notts. His brother George Graham Hicking also fell.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY WAS WELL DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

FRICOURT NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 210
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