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Personal data

• Name THICKNESSE
• Initials FW
• First name FRANCIS WILLIAM
• Place of birth Bolton
• Country Lancashire, England
• Family Son of Francis Norman Thicknesse (Rev. Prebendary) and Mary Sibylla Thicknesse, of St. George's Rectory, 15, Grosvenor St., London.
• Education Winchester College; Royal Military Academy Woolwich

Military service

• Rank Major
• Medals D S O
• Regiment and unit 122nd Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
• Army - Corps - Division ?
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career 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

• Wounded 19 October, hit by a splinter from a shell, on a reconnaissance for an Observation Position near Nieuwemolen
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds
• Date of death 19 October 1917
• Died at the age of 33
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXV - K - 14

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