246322 Sgt. Arthur Herbert Dickins Canadian Expeditionary Forces 5th Battalion (d.24th May 1915) Arthur Dickins was born on 12th May 1891 in Bedford, son of Walter and Alice Dickins, 20 Russell Avenue, Bedford. Service papers show he was a farmer at time he enlisted on 22nd of September 1914 at Valcartier, Canada with 5th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Paperwork also shows he had previously served with the Bedford Yeomanry. He was killed in action on 24th May 1915 age 24 years in the vicinity of Festubert. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1898-1907, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923.
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