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| − | |Wounded=Yes - reported wounded | + | |Wounded=Yes - reported wounded North West Europe 19/8/1944. |
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known. | |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known. | |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known. | ||
| − | |Home address=No family details yet. | + | |Home address=No family details yet. Too many similar names to identify this soldier specifically in Ancestry.co.uk |
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Personnel Entry
Name Hickmott Walter
Army number 14694522.
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Conscripted into the General Staff Corps - date not yet known. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet known - and posted to the 10th Battalion of The DLI. Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Wounded. Transferred to the Cameronians 21/12/1944 (Enlistment Book shows 21/2/1944 but this is believed to be a manuscript error). Documents to Perth.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Not yet confirmed.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - reported wounded North West Europe 19/8/1944.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family details yet. Too many similar names to identify this soldier specifically in Ancestry.co.uk
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