The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A J Stickells

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Private Arthur John STICKELLS, G/6673, 10th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, New Zealand Stationary Hospital, Hazelbrook, France, 10th June 1917, age 31. 

Born Tenterden, Kent, son of George & Annie Laura Stickells, of Boughton, Faversham, Kent.

1911 Census - Crouch Corner, Crouch Cottages, South Street, Boughton, Faversham, Kent - George Stickells, head, age 49, married, rough carpenter on farm, worker, born Maidstone, Kent; Annie Laura Stickells, wife, age 49, married 26 years, 9 children, 4 still alive, born St Michaels, Kent; Arthur John Stickells, son, age 25, single, farm labourer, worker, born Ham Street, Kent; William Frederick Stickells, son, age 19, single, farm labourer, worker, born St Michaels, Kent; Harold Frank Stickells, son, age 17, single, farm labourer, worker, born St Michaels, Kent.

15th October 1911, Ospringe, Kent, married Fanny Revell, born 14th October 1888..

Children - William Frank Hughes Stickells, born 30th April 1912; Arthur G Stickells, born 12th January 1915.

Enlisted Sittingbourne, Kent. Resided 35, Shakespeare Road, Sittingbourne, Kent.

Buried at  Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, I.F.25., Nord, France.