B – Bickmore – Great Eastern Railway – Corporal – 22/07/1917
Title
B – Bickmore – Great Eastern Railway – Corporal – 22/07/1917
Initials / forenames
B
Surname
Bickmore
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Field Artillery, 83 Brigade, C Battery
Military rank
Corporal
Military number
116
Railway department
Chelmsford, Chief Civil Engineer's Dept
Railway job
Platelayer
Date died
22/07/1917
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine, December 1917, p278
Memorial
Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Belgium
Notes
Age 35, the husband of Sarah Ann Bickmore of 51 Maldon Road, Witham, Essex. Joined the GER in January 1911 as a platelayer at Chelmsford and was promoted to second man in ganag in 1912. Being a reservist he was called to the Colours at the outbreak of war. Killed in action, leaving a widow and one child.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society)
Date entered
07/12/2016
Last updated
07/12/2016
Citation
“B – Bickmore – Great Eastern Railway – Corporal – 22/07/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 10, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61141.