This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 F. J. Dicker (Frederick John Dicker) Service no 295165 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1st/4th Battalion Killed in action 19 August 1917 Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium and at Stockwell War Memorial Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Frederick John Dicker, 31, was living in 4 rooms at 8 Beech Street, Dorset Road with his wife, Susan Dicker, 30. He was born in South Lambeth and was working as a general labourer. Susan was born in Battersea. They had had one child, who had died. National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918  He joined in April 1917 and at the close of his training was drafted overseas in the following July. During his brief service on the Western Front he was engaged in much heavy fighting on the Ypres sector, where he was unfortunately killed in action on August 16th, 1917. He was entitled to the General Service and Victory Medals. 8, Beech Street, Dorset Road, S.W.8. |
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 THESE WERE OUR SONS: Stories from Stockwell War Memorial by Naomi Lourie Klein. Every name is listed, with biographies for all those identified. The introduction gives an overview and the story of how the memorial was erected. £3 from every copy sale goes directly to the Friends of Stockwell War Memorial and Gardens Available from www.elefantbooks.com. £8.99 plus £2.75 p&p Special deals for SW8 and SW9 residents ♦ Charles Parker - family man and engineer ♦ The four Rance brothers ♦ Triple tragedy: the Desaleux brothers ♦ Samuel Levy's wife ♦ Frank Mason, 16, the youngest ♦ Cecil Philcox - Military Cross winner ♦ Chris Dartnell - shell shocked ♦ Cecil Philcox - killed in training ♦ Harold J. Hill - a riddle solved ♦ Harry Albert Nixon - syphilis treatment and conduct charges |
Frederick John Dicker |