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Corporal Walter James Wicken

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  • 218798 Corporal
  • Walter James Wicken
  • 23 Bomb Disposal Company
  • Royal Engineers
Son of Alexander Wicken and Alice Wicken of Deptford, London. Died on the 14th March 1941. Aged 36. Buried at Christ Church Military Cemetery, Portsdown. Row N. Grave 187.

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  1. Pete

    >1942464 Sapper George Chapman​
    >6081763 Sapper James Glynn​
    >1944889 Sapper Albert George Hollingsworth​
    >1869653 Sergeant George William Purdy​
    > 218798 Corporal Walter James Wicken​
    These sappers were members of 23 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers based at nearby Fort Widley. They were killed while attempting to render safe an unexploded bomb in Southsea.

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