Jun 29, 1891

Born at Sussex England

Nov 16, 1915

Attested into the 89^th Battalion at Calgary Albert 

Ø      Number 183396

Ø      Next of kin given as Hannah Ticehurst, mother, of Jarvis Lane, Mountfield, Sussex England

Ø      Previous occupation given as Gardner

Ø      No previous military experience given

Ø      Religion given as Church of England

Ø      Assigned to the Headquarters Company

May 31, 1916

Embarked the RMS Olympic at Halifax Nova Scotia

Jun 8, 1916

Disembarked at Liverpool England and proceeded to the Westenhanger Camp

Oct 5, 1916

Transferred to the 97^th Battalion at Otterpool

Oct 30, 1916

Transferred to the 39^th Reserve Battalion at West Sandling

Oct 31, 1916

Transferred to the 3^rd Canadian Training Battalion Signals Base at West Sandling

Jan 4, 1917

Transferred to the newly formed 6^th Reserve Battalion at East Sandling

Feb 1, 1917

Transferred to the 21^st Battalion

Feb 2, 1917

Arrived at the CBD (Canadian Base Depot) at the Rouelles Camp, Havre France

Feb 21, 1917

Left the CBD to join the 2^nd Entrenching Battalion

Feb 24, 1917

Joined the 2^nd Entrenching Battalion at Hersin as part of a draft of 68 Other Ranks destined for the 21^st Battalion

Mar 5, 1917

Joined the 21^st Battalion in Division Reserve at Bois des Alleux

Apr 9, 1917

During the advance on Vimy Ridge, Pte Ticehurst was reported to be missing.  The next day his body was recovered and he was declared to have been killed the previous day.  He was buried in a mass grave in crater CB – 2A.  This was later renamed the Lichfield Crater British Cemetery.  Because this is a mass grave, the exact location of his remains is not known and those buried there are commemorated on a wall around the cemetery. 

Lichfield Crater Cemetery
Thelus France 

Following the war the British War Medal, Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny), Scroll and Memorial Cross were sent to his mother, Mrs H Ticehurst, at Jarvis Lane, River Hall, Mountfield, Sussex England.