Rifleman C/1563 John Thomas DICKENS

Rifleman C/1563 John Thomas Dickens{gallery}Rfn J T Dickens{/gallery}18th (Arts and Crafts) Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Killed in action in the Battle of The Menin Road Ridge, France and Flanders, 21st September 1917, aged 21

• Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panels 115 to 119 and 162A & 163A
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of George and Clara Dickens [nee Saunders] of 63 Coventry Road, Chilvers Coton
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chilvers Coton Boys School | Chilvers Coton All Saints | Griff Colliery 
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Rifleman Dickens
• Tyne Cot Memorial
• King’s Royal Rifle Corps

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Apr 1896 and baptised 15 Apr 1896 at Chilvers Coton
  
• Lived at Bucks Hill, Nuneaton [1901]
• Lived at the Fleur-De-Lys, Chilvers Coton [1911]
• Not employed in [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton