Private Alexander John William Tick

b 1887 Chatham, Kent  

d 13 September 1915 Mesopotamia

QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT
WHERE RIGHT & GLORY LEAD US

The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1961.

Alexander was a Private in the 2nd Battalion and in 1911 was in Roberts Barracks, Peshawar, India.

In August 1914 the 2nd Battalion was in Multan, India.  The 2nd Battalion was shipped from Multan, via Bombay to Mesopotamia, arriving in Basra in February 1915, as part of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, where it was attached to the
12th Indian Brigade.

The Battalion remained in Mesopotamium for the duration of the war & sadly Alexander lost his life on 13th September 1915 & is buried in Basra War Cemetery.

Ancestors of Esther Ann Frances Shrubsole

JOHN SHRUBSOLE + ANN CLEMENTS ARTHUR EDWARD SHRUBSOLE 1895-1917 CHARLES FILMER SHRUBSOLE 1820-1906 FREDERICK JOHN SHRUBSOLE 1896-1916 GORDON SHRUBSOLE GRANVILLE HERBERT SHRUBSOLE HARRY JAMES SHRUBSOLE HENRY GEORGE SHRUBSOLE HERBERT GEORGE SHRUBSOLE 1891-1958 JAMES WILLIAM SHRUBSOLE JOHN ALBERT SHRUBSOLE 1875-1955 JOHN SHRUBSOLE JOHN ALFRED SHRUBSOLE 1900-1917 LOUIS HENRY SHRUBSOLE PETER SHRUBSOLE 1856-1932 STEPHEN JOHN SHRUBSOLE WALTER FREDERICK SHRUBSOLE 1893-1918 WILLIAM SHRUBSOLE 1815-1880 WILLIAM FRANK SHRUBSOLE WILLIAM GEORGE SHRUBSOLE 1855-1889 WILLIAM RICHARD SHRUBSOLE WILLIAM STEPHEN SHRUBSOLE WILLIAM SHRUBSOLE 1760-1806

FRANCIS HENRY (FRANK) LOCKLEY 1890-1970 FRANK ALBERT COVENEY 1887-1969 GEORGE LEADBETTER 1885-1956 JOSEPH HENRY ERNEST LOCKLEY 1895-1979 LEONARD CHESWORTH 1886-1968 PERCY JAMES COVENEY 1886-1961 SAMUEL WALLS 1888-1970 WILLIAM ERNEST LOCKLEY 1895-1966

ALEXANDER JOHN WILLIAM TICK 1887 - 1915 ALFRED WILLIAM JIM COLLINS 1926-2009 DORAN ROBSON DEAN 1896- WILLIAM GEORGE TICK 1890 - 1948

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