Thank you both. By this date I think that Frank would have been captured and he may have died as a Pow on a Japanese vessel. There is a memorial to him in Yokohama and thanks to you I have just found this: Royal Artillery 89 Bty., 35 Lt. A.A. Regt. Java Number 2696 Date Died 1942/11/12 Time Died 1240 Illness Diarrhoea & exhaustion Age Unknown Place Died Takao Port Date of Burial 1942/11/13 Place of Burial Cremated - Takao City; Moji Communal Grave Memorial Panel 4. YOKOHAMA CREMATION MEMORIAL He died on a Hellship Singapore Maru Left Batavia in Java 1942/10/17 for Singapore with 3000 prisoners, arrived 25/10/1942. Left Singapore for Takao/ Moji, Japan 1942/10/30 with 1100 prisoners, arrived 1942/11/25. 108 died on the journey or as a direct result from the deplorable conditions the prisoners endured. Thank you very much, your comments were the answer Now the question of siblings? Nivard, the names are not exactly correct and I would welcome any opinion Michael -----Original Message----- From: eng-banbury-area-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-banbury-area-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of betty Sent: 02 February 2010 12:34 To: eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAN] Wickson WW2 in Upper Heyford Just a thought. re: "At Sea" In Combined Operations, Army Gunners did serve on Ships.' He could have been killed on a ship that was damaged .or sunk.. ?? betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Wickson WW2 in Upper Heyford > Hi Michael > > Inconclusive as to if its the same man but Harry had an older brother > Frank > b1894 > >>From the 1911 index > WICKSON HARRY M 1871 40 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON CATHERINE F 1871 40 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON FRANK M 1894 17 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON JOHN M 1896 15 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON HARRY M 1903 8 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON KATHEILEEN F1910 4 Mths Bicester Oxfords > > Birth regs > > Name: Harry Victor Wickson > Year of Registration: 1902 > Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun > District: Bicester > County: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire > Volume: 3a > Page: 989 > > Name: Frank Wickson > Year of Registration: 1894 > Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar > District: Bicester > County: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire > Volume: 3a > Page: 870 > > (I am not sure what to make of the "At sea") > > UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 > about Frank Wickson > Name: Frank Wickson > Given Initials: F > Rank: Gunner > Death Date: 12 Nov 1942 > Number: 1483298 > Birth Place: Oxfordshire > Residence: Oxfordshire > Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery > Theatre of War: At sea > Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery > Branch at Death: Royal Artillery > > Name: Harry Wickson > Given Initials: H V > Rank: Gunner > Death Date: 22 Jul 1943 > Number: 1483299 > Birth Place: Oxford > Residence: Oxford > Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery > Theatre of War: Burma > Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery > Branch at Death: Royal Artillery > > Looking at the births and deaths, there is another Frank WICKSON > registered > Bicester 1888 who appears to have died in 1972 reg Oxfordshire > > The Frank you seeks death is registered in the GRO War deaths index but > not > having full access I don't know if the age is given in the index which may > give further evidence (there is only one Frank WICKSONs birth registered > in > the 1890's) > > The War deaths indexes are available on familyrelatives and findmypast > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > Please can anyone help with 2 WW2 soldiers on the Upper Heyford War > Memorial > Harry Victor WICKSON > Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army > no. 1483299 > He was 41 when he died on 22 July 1943. He was a Prisoner of War of the > Japanese Army. After he was captured in Java in March 1942 he was sent > to > work on the forced construction of the "Burma Railway" > He was the son of Harry and Catherine Wickson and the > husband of Rose Agnes Wickson, Upper Heyford > He is buried in grave B4 Q 14, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma > The questions relate to the other man > Frank WICKSON > Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army > no. 1483298 > He died on 12 November 1942 whilst a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army. > It is most likely that he had been taken to Japan as a slave labourer in > the > coal mines after he was captured in Java in March 1942 > He has no grave but he is remembered on panel 4, The Cremation Memorial, > Yokohama, Japan > Q Was he the brother of Harry Victor Wickson? > Q Was he the Francis Thomas Wickson born 1908 in Banbury RD? > I have discovered that 35 Regiment was a special TA Regiment (also known > as > QOOH) formed at Oxford on 2 September 1939 for the defence of RAF > airfields > in the area against air attack. It recruited initially older men (aged 25 > to > 50) and by early 1940 comprised five batteries with HQs at Oxford, > Abingdon, > Gloucester, Cheltenham and Reading. In mid 1940 this Regiment reverted to > a > normal LAA Regiment and reduced to three batteries 78, 89 and 144. 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Hi Michael In 1901 Harry is with wife Catherine and children Edward age 9, Frank 7 and John 5 Going back to the 1891, Harry is at home with parents George & Fanny as is Catherine with hers, James & Elizabeth FAULKNER It would appear that Catherine was carrying Edward at the time of the census Births Sep 1891 Faulkner Edward Wickson Witney 3a 868 Then I think they realised what was causing the problem :-) Marriages Dec 1893 Faulkner Catherine Witney 3a 1437 Wickson Harry Witney 3a 1437 And Births Mar 1894 Wickson Frank Bicester 3a 870 (I don't see a John but there is..) Births Dec 1895 Wickson Walter John Bicester 3a 805 The ones in the same household in 1911 would need to be checked as the index does not give relationships It would also show how many children to the marriage in case any died in infancy Births Jun 1902 Wickson Harry Victor Bicester 3a 9 Births Dec 1910 WICKSON Kathleen H Bicester 3a 1020 Then Deaths Dec 1928 Wickson Harry 58 Bicester 3a 119 Followed by Marriages Mar 1930 Scarrott Rose A Wickson Bicester 3a 1741 Wickson Harry V Scarrott Bicester 3a 1741 Births Dec 1930 Wickson Ramona F Scarrott Bicester 3a 1766 Births Sep 1932 Wickson Denise A Scarrott Bicester 3a 1855 And Name: Catherine Wickson Death Registration Month/Year: 1957 Age at death (estimated): 88 Registration district: Ploughley Inferred County: Oxfordshire Volume: 6b Page: 1155 There is a little more detail on the WICKSON childers which I will send off list as its getting into the realms of the living Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Now the question of siblings? Nivard, the names are not exactly correct > and > I would welcome any opinion > >>>From the 1911 index >> WICKSON HARRY M 1871 40 Bicester Oxfordshire >> WICKSON CATHERINE F 1871 40 Bicester Oxfordshire >> WICKSON FRANK M 1894 17 Bicester Oxfordshire >> WICKSON JOHN M 1896 15 Bicester Oxfordshire >> WICKSON HARRY M 1903 8 Bicester Oxfordshire >> WICKSON KATHEILEEN F1910 4 Mths Bicester Oxfords