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From: "Peter Wray" <>
Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Kevin Asplin
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:28:15 +0100
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Anita

If Enock (Enoch) Hicken was a serving soldier when he died in 1918 then I
would expect to find him listed in the Commonwealth War Graves Register.

http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14

I don't see him there.

Neither can I find him on the card index for WW1 medals

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=1
0&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1

This suggests that though he was a Territorial Force soldier in 1914 he did
not serve abroad during the war, so was not entitled to medals, and by 1918
he was discharged.

I see him in the 1881 census. Have you found him in the 1891 census or the
1901 census ? His name is unusual and if recorded correctly by the
enumerator should be easy to find, but I don't see him. The inference is
that he was not in England, but perhaps you have him in 1891 ?

Peter


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Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Kevin Asplin


> Good morning Kevin thank you for the information as I do not have any
> information I thought going to the archives & starting with WHAT all I
have is his
> name 7 what with ALL those soldiers WELL, I have looked in the National
> Archives on line .
> On my mothers birth certi it says Corporal South Staffs Territorial
Regiment
> [bricklayer] this was 26 September 1914 he would of been 40 then died
1918
> what date did the war start was he too old or unfit for that after being
> injured in the Boar War
> And is that right every soldier who fought in any war got a medal
> as you see I do not know anything about the army, been doing F H now for
> 16ys but never found out about Enock Hicken in the army also his Granddad
John
> Hicken Chelsea Pensioner out pensioner born in Leicestershire 1776 out of
army
> in 1800 living in Middleton Warwickshire , but keep going back to try feel
I
> do not have enough info to go to the N A yet.
> thaks again ANITA
>
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