Military service
Service number:
767112
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Pioneers
Division:
123rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion.
Birth:
March 18, 1889
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
December 18, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
L. A. 36.
Additional information
Son of Gideon and Mary Ann Wicksey, of Cheltenham, England. Husband of Rachel Kidd (formerly Wicksey nee Tomlinson), of 14, French Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Edgar Gideon Wicksey
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Photo of Edgar Gideon Wicksey
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Memorial Plaque
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Cemetery
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Entrance
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Memorial
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Grave Marker
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Wedding photo
Edgar and Rachel Wicksey's wedding picture. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Gideon Wicksey
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Gideon Wicksey
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Gideon Wicksey
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Gideon Wicksey
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Gideon Wicksey
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Gideon Wicksey
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Gideon Wicksey
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Gideon Wicksey
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Gideon Wicksey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 349 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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