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Not coming home for Christmas Dec 1945

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lavender

lavender Report 24 Dec 2014 22:56

Absolutely heart wrenching, poor family.

Thinking of all the service men and their families at this time and especially remembering those who won't be home for Christmas. <3

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 23 Dec 2014 15:48

We forget that deaths from the conflict with Germany were still occuring after VE day.

Aged 39, he must have been quite successful at his job - such a shame that he was caught out this time
HICKMAN, SIDNEY WALTER
Rank: Private
Service No:14523523
Date of Death: 23/12/1945
Age:39
Regiment/Service:Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Grave Reference: Sec. B. Cons. Grave 5111.
Cemetery:ILFORD CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Alfred and Eliza Hickman, of Ilford; husband of Elsie Ellen Maude Hickman, of Ilford.

http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=3157348

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AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 23 Dec 2014 15:43

how very very sad

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RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 23 Dec 2014 14:55

Name: Sidney Walter Hickman
Given Initials: S W
Rank: Private
Death Date: 23 Dec 1945
Number: 14523523
Birth Place: Essex
Residence: Essex
Branch at Enlistment: Other Corps
Theatre of War: United Kingdom
Regiment at Death: Royal Army Ordnance Corps

; cause of death: UXB
; survived by spouse and three children

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