Private 42659 Edward DICKENS

Private 42659 Edward Dickens{gallery}Pte E Dickens{/gallery}1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Formerly Pte 20842 Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died of wounds in 23rd Casualty Clearing Station, France and Flanders, 23rd April 1918, aged 19

• Buried: Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave VI.E.17
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Jesse and Lucy Dickens
• NNWFHS Memorial: Grendon
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Dickens
• NNWFHS Grendon War Memorial Page
• Lapugnoy Military Cemetery
• Hampshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1899 in Nuneaton. Baptised 5 Nov 1899 at Chilvers Coton
  
• Living at Discovery, Nuneaton
  
• Was a schoolboy in 1911