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Private H DICKENS

Service Number: 8617

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 January 1915

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STEWKLEY (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD

N.E. of Church.

United Kingdom

DICKENS H – CH - Stable but [SOOP] with 1.5 degree lean forward. Part of saddle visible at rear. Minor chipping on [LHS and [RHS] edges, front and rear. Chip on ‘O’ of regimental name. Inscription legible. Cleaned due prominent green algae streaks running down front. Dark algae staining remains. Minor landscape weeding around the headstone.

Photographer: Mike Chapman

DICKENS H – CH - PORTLAND - Stable but [SOOP] with 1.5 degree lean forward. Part of saddle visible at rear. Gap [LHS] between edge of headstone and earth. Minor chipping on [LHS and [RHS] edges, front and rear. Chip on ‘O’ of regimental name. Inscription legible. Light clean for bird droppings. Dark algae staining remains.

Photographer: Mike Chapman

DICKENS H – CH - PORTLAND - Remaining top soil in bag (see W H Syrett and F T Faulkner text) used to tidy up and level the ground around the base of the headstone.

Photographer: Mike Chapman

Country of Service United Kingdom
Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Dickens, of Dunton Rd., Stewkley, Bucks.

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Grave Registration (2)

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Headstone (3)

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