FICKLING Robert

  • First Name(s):
    Robert 
  • Surname:
    FICKLING
  • Service Number:
    240314
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    Formerly Private 2088, Worcestershire Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    4th December 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Belgium, Grave XII. F. 29.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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FICKLING Robert Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove St John the Baptist Church WW1 Memorial

Further Information About FICKLING Robert

Enlisted Bromsgrove.

Robert Alfred Fickling was born at Bromsgrove in 1897, the son of Alfred and Emily Fickling, 128, Worcester Street, Bromsgrove.

Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, 5th January 1918:
Private Robert Fickling, Worcestershire Regiment (T.F.), son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Fickling,128, Worcester Street, Bromsgrove, is reported as killed in action on December 4th.  The deceased soldier was nearly 21 years of age and he mobilised with the Territorial Forces at the outbreak of war in August 1914.  Before that date he was employed by Messrs J and A Brazier of Bromsgrove and prior to that occupation he worked for the British and Argentine Meat Company at their Bromsgrove Branch.  A little over twelve months ago the deceased suffered from trench feet and was invalided home but he recovered and went out again in May last.

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