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Pte. Albert George Wicks
British Army 2nd btn. Royal Warwickshire
from:Binfield, Berkshire
(d.7th May 1918)
Albert Wicks was one of four brothers, three of whom who went to war and never returned.
He was killed in action on 7th May 1918 aged 40 yrs and is buried at Gonnehem British cemetery in France
He was born in 1877 at Hurst, Berkshire and enlisted in Reading, Berkshire joining C Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire regiment
He is remembered on the Hurst memorial website, on the Binfield war memorial, he and two of his brothers' names were called out on 1st Sept 2014 at the Tower of London moat of poppies. Remembered forever by his great great niece