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Private James Hicks

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Hicks, James
Date of birth: 1881-04-01
Place of birth: Bolton Lancashire England
Next of kin: Betsy Hicks, wife. 56 Catherine Street, St Catharines, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address: 56 Catherine Street, St Catharines, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1916-09-15
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Serre Road Cemetery No. I, IX. A. 18.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 158518
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail
  1. Private (British Army).
  2. Private (Army). 1916-06-07 to 1916-09-15
  3. Corporal (Army). 1915-09-16 to 1916-06-07
  4. Corporal (Army). ? to 1915-09-16
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 593565
LAC ID: 465456
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B4325-S002
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Mrs. Ford of Bolton, England; husband of Betsy Hicks (later Haynes) of 48 Lloyd St., St. Catharines, Ontario.

The CWGC gives the wrong Regimental No. -158519

Uploader's Research notes:

Source: The 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 1914 - 1919 (1926, Captain S.G.Bennett) http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/u?/cmh,39960

http://www.4cmr.com/index.htm War Diaries

http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/index.html Nominal Rolls

[Private British Army British Infantry King's Shropshire Light Infantry Corporal Army Canadian Militia 19th Lincoln Regiment Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 81st Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 4th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-07-04