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Military service
Service number:
65078
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
"B" Coy., 24th Bn.
Enlistment:
Montreal
Death:
May 23, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Nelson Bickerdike and Margaret Ewing Skinner.
Robert Shearly Bickerdike was married when he enlisted but his wife, Viola Hastwell, died one year before him (18 March 1915) after giving birth to their son. Their son, Robert Hastwell Bickerdike, lived less than 3 months and died on 3 June 1915.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Shearly Bickerdike
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Shearly Bickerdike
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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