6346162 Corporal Stanley Frank WICKHAM, 7th Bn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment: 21/05/1940

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WICKHAM, STANLEY FRANK
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 6346162
Regiment/Service: 7th Bn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Date of Death: 21/05/1940
Age: 23
Cemetery: ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Grave Reference: II. D. 15.
Location: France
Additional Information: Son of Percival Charles Wickham, and of Maude Matilda Wickham, of Eden Park, Beckenham, Kent.
Personal Inscription: NO TREASURE ON EARTH CAN REPLACE HIM. HIS MEMORY WILL NEVER GROW OLD

 

Trouble with this chap they don't list his unit correctly 1-7 and 2-7 served in France with the BEF. Having looked at both battalion diaries I would lean towards 2-7 but neither is conclusive.

 

Trouble with this chap they don't list his unit correctly 1-7 and 2-7 served in France with the BEF. Having looked at both battalion diaries I would lean towards 2-7 but neither is conclusive.

Men of the 7th for this day are buried in either Albert, or Ville-sur-Ancre about 6-8km south. Does this help?

 

Not really Geoff - Both the battalions I mentioned were in the area is and even after Owen and someone else explained the 1-6, 1-7, 2-7 battalion numbering system to me I still don't get it.

 

Name: Percival Charles Wickham
Spouse: Maud Matilda Williams
Marriage Date: 4 Jun 1914
Marriage Place: St Philip, Lambeth

1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
80 Merlin Grove, Beckenham M.B., Kent
NAME - DOB - OCCUPATION
Percival C Wickham - 12 Feb 1881 - Manager, Textiles
Maud M Wickham - 08 Jul 1886 - Unpaid Domestic Duties
Bertram C Wickham - 21 Mar 1915 - Wholesale Textile Duties
William P Wickham 19 May 1920 - Wholesale Textile Duties
Arthur G Bond 27 Nov 1912 - Wholesale Textile Duties