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Son of John Robert Hickman and Lucy Lee of Grand Bank, Burin, Newfoundland.
The Douglas Haig sailed from St. John's, Newfoundland, for Alicante, Spain, and was reported missing on 1 February 1917. Neither the ship nor the five crew members were seen again. No German warship has claimed to have sunk her.
Digital gallery of Sailor Chester Hickman
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Inscription on Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
Digital gallery of
Sailor Chester Hickman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 34 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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