India General Service Medal - Afghanistan - N.W.F. 1919
Name: Edward John Tickner
Service No: L-8150
Unit: Royal Sussex Regiment
Naming Details: India General Service Medal – Afghanistan NWF 1919 impressed - L-8150 C. SJT. E.J. TICKNER. R. SUSS.R.
Additional Information
Record of Service:
Edward Tickner was born on the 5th of March 1884 in Horsell, Surrey, England. He was a pre war regular soldier, service number L8150, serving with the Royal Sussex Regiment. He is noted on the 1911 census as serving with the 1st Battalion in India.
Edward served during WW1 with the 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment in 5(G) Asiatic (frontier regions of India) from the 17th of August 1915. He survived the war and continued to serve with the Battalion in Afghanistan in 1919.
Edward was reallocated service number 6390290 and is noted in the 1921 Census as serving as CQMS with the Army Infantry in Chichester, Sussex. He was awarded the Army LSGC on the 26th of April 1924. He died on the 26th of December 1937.
Edward is entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio, IGSM – Afghanistan NWF 1919 and Army LSGC.
Notes:
India General Service Medal – Afghanistan NWF 1919 impressed L-8150 C. SJT. E.J. TICKNER. R. SUSS.R.