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Cpl. Alban Laurence Hicks
British Army 177th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

(d.30th Mar 1918)
Alban Hicks was a Corporal in C Battery, Royal Field Artillery of 177th Brigade, attached to the 16th (Irish) Division from 22nd of February 1916. Among numerous other battles during this time, including, the Battles of Guillemont and Ginchy in 1916, he was in action during the Battle of Messines on 7th June 1917.And later the Battles of St. Quentin and Rosieres in the beginning of 1918.
He was killed in action on 30th of March 1918 during the Second Battle of the Somme 1918 and was buried in Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux.

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