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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM BICKERTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

56th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OXFORD ROAD CEMETERY

Spec. Memorial (I. A. 11).

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Bickerton, of "Crag View," Longhoughton, Lesbury, Northumberland. Formerly interred in Fusilier Wood.
  • Personal Inscription SON OF THOMAS AND MARY BICKERTON, LONGHOUGHTON LESBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND. THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS
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Buried or commemorated at

OXFORD ROAD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 852
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