MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO SUB LIEUTENANT ERNEST EDWARD WICKS RND

Ernest Edward Wicks was born in Oxford on November 22nd 1893. He was commissioned as a Temporary Sub Lieutenant on January 11th 1916. On November 30th 1916, he was drafted to Nelson Bn and went to France on December 14th 1916. He was invalided to England in February 1917, suffering from Trench Fever. He then served as a training officer mainly in bombing until April 12th 1918, when he was drafted to Hawke Bn.