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Private 17590 Frank STICKLEY - 8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
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| Military History |
Theatre
France & Flanders
Action/Battle/Other
Attacks on High Wood, Battle of the Somme
Place of Death
High Wood / Bazentin-le-Petit
Medals
British War and Victory Medals
Medal Citation (if app)
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Enlisted Date/Place
Dec 1915 at Stratford on Avon
Commonwealth War Graves Page
Caterpillar Valley CemeterySWFHS War Memorial(s)
Other War Memorial(s)
Other Information/Previous Regiments/Units
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Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
On the morning of 22nd July 1916 the battalion were in the lines near Bazentin-le-Petit and were ordered to attack and capture the enemy "switch line" cutting through the north of High Wood and running south of Marticpuich. The attack, undertaken with the 10th Bn Royal Warwickshire and 7th Bn South Lancashire Regiment, failed with 200 casualties including Frank and the Commanding Officer who was shot in the neck. At 4am on the 23rd the Battalion retired to the original starting point.  |
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| Somme Front Line at High Wood | Caterpillar Valley Cemetery |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Bapitsm Date/Place |
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| Oct Qtr 1883 at Little Compton | 20 Apr 1884 at Little Compton |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Charles and Elizabeth | Little Compton |
| Wife & Marriage Date/Place | Children & Year of Birth |
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