Private Edgar Gideon Wicksey
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Wicksey,
Edgar Gideon
Date of birth: 1889-03-18
Place of birth: Cheltenham Gloucestershire England
Next of kin: Rachel Wicksey, wife. 169 Symington Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Railway Conductor
Address:
169 Symington Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-11-10
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
White House Cemetery, L. A. 36.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 767112
Highest Rank:
Private
(123rd Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 123rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-12-18 to 1917-11-10
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: KIA at Passchendaele
Commemoration location: Cheltenham War Memorial, Bethesda Church Roll of Honour, St. Paul’s Church War Memorial
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 455089
LAC ID:
311951
Service file: B10341-S011
Uploader's Notes: Son of Gideon Wicksey and Mary Ann Wicksey (nee Longford); husband of Rachel Wicksey (nee Tomlinson, later Kidd) married September 14, 1911
Uploader's Research notes: 123rd Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 123rd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2018-06-26