Lance Corporal Ernest Henry Bicker
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Bicker,
Ernest Henry
Date of birth: 1892-04-28
Place of birth: London
Next of kin: Ernest Henry Bicker (father), 26 Cranbrook Rd., Chiswick, London, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Butcher
Occupation (normalized): Butcher, General
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Bois-Carre British Cemetery, IV. A. 14.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 157539
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
Lance Corporal, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 618034
LAC ID:
42821
Service file: B0716-S023
Uploader's Notes:
Original overseas unit: 81st Canadian Infantry Battalion. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field June 9, 1916. Killed at Vimy Ridge April 9, 1917.
While nearing the final objective, during the attack at VIMY RIDGE, this non-commissioned officer was killed by an enemy high explosive shell
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database
[Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
[Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-01-22