Lance Corporal George John WICKS, G/18538, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action,  Flanders France, 31st July  1917.

Son of James & Agnes  Wicks, Cork Farm Cottages, Chilham Lees, near Canterbury, Kent.

1911 Census - 2 White Wall Cotts, Chartham Hatch, near Canterbury, Kent - George John Wicks, boarder, age 15, single, farm labourer, worker, born Chilham, Kent.

Enlisted Sittingbourne, Kent, age 19 years 10 months, height 5ft 5 inches.  Resided 3 Devards Place, Borden, Sittingbourne, Kent.

Home 31st May 1915 to 20th September 1916; BEF 21st September 1916 to 31st July 1917.

31st May 1915, enlisted & posted 3/1 Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles, Service No..2855.; 10th July 1915, posted 2/1Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles; 15th December 1915, Polo Ground, Canterbury, improptetude in obeying an order & impertinence to an NCO, 7 days confined to Barracks; 1st July 1916, 14th Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance, pediculi; 21st September 1916, embarked; 21st September 1916, Infantry Base Depot, France; 21st September 1916, transferred to 4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment;  21st September 1916, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1916, joined Battalion, In the Field; 12th December 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 22nd December 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 23rd February 1917, In the Field, leaving working party, without permission, admonished; 3rd June 1917, wounded in action, at duty.

23rd September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, James Wicks, age 54, Chilham Lees; Mother, Agnes Wicks, age 50, Chilham Lees; Brothers - Fredereick Wicks, age 23, Sailor, HMS Whitshead?; Sisters - Frances Wicks, age 17, St Andrews Home, East Cliff, Foklkestone; Rose Wicks, age 36?, Chilham Lees; Emily Hulks?, age 27, 17 Partridge Lane, Faveresham.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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