Son of Richard and Sarah Ellen Tickle (nee Derbyshire), of 23, Barlow Street, Horwich, Lancashire. Formerly employed at Horwich Loco Works. Enlisted August 1914. Died at Netley Hospital as the result of a gunshot wound received in action at the Dardanelles. The wound in the elbow necessitated amputation of the arm.
Tickle, Richard –
Personal details
- Surname: Tickle
- Forename: Richard
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Heaton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Horwich, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 20
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: August 27th, 1915
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 11841
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: August 24th, 1914 - 1914-08-24
- Enlistment location: Horwich, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Queen's Park) Gallipoli Memorial
- Delph Hill Wesleyans Roll of Honour
- Horwich 1914-18 Roll of Honour - Horwich Heritage
- Horwich Loco Works (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company) WWI Memorial - Horwich
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company WWI Memorial at Victoria Station Manchester - and also WWI Roll of Honour Book
- CWGC Memorial: Horwich (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Lancashire, UK
- CWGC reference: B. C.E. 127.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 03/09/1915 24/12/1915
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7a 6g