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  • Bolton
  • Lancashire, England
  • Son of Francis Norman Thicknesse (Rev. Prebendary) and Mary Sibylla Thicknesse, of St. George's Rectory, 15, Grosvenor St., London.
  • Winchester College; Royal Military Academy Woolwich

Military service

  • Major
  • D S O
  • 122nd Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
  • Served in Hong Kong; posted as a General Staff Officer 3rd Grade at Headquarters for Embarkation Duties; joined 122nd Heavy Battery, 5 August 1915, as Battery Captain; became OC in June 1916; twice Mentioned in Despatches

Death

  • 19 October, hit by a splinter from a shell, on a reconnaissance for an Observation Position near Nieuwemolen
  • Died of shell wounds
  • 33
  • XXV - K - 14

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