


Kenneth R Hickling
KENNETH RUSHTON HICKLINGÂ LAC RAF.VR Â d. 8 October 1942Â aged 22Â Â 657400
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Baptism: 17 Jul 1915 St Leonard, Padiham, Lancashire, England
Sydney Hickling - [Child] of William Towell Hickling & Rose
Born: 22 May 1915
Abode: 6 King's Avenue, Haslingden
Occupation: Assistant Works Manager
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Marriage: 28 Jul 1914 St Leonard, Padiham, Lancashire, England
William Towell Hickling - 26, Secretary, Bachelor, 2 Park Road, Padiham
Rose Rushton - 24, Spinster, 5 Blackburn Road, Padiham
Groom's Father: William Henry Hickling, Retired Police Sergeant
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 KENNETH RUSHTON HICKLING joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a Cadet Officer.Â
He had lived at Hazelhurst Cottage, 2 Hazelhurst Road, Worsley, and had been a pupil of Eccles Grammar
School. He was the son of William Towell Hickling and Rose (née Rushton) Hickling, of Worsley. Kenneth had been born in Blackpool in the first quarter of 1920. His parents were married on 28 July 1914 at St.Leonard's, Padiham. Kenneth had an older brother, Sydney, born the 22 May 1917, also in Padiham. It appears that he played Lacrosse for Worsley. In his will, administered on 20 January 1943, he left his estate to his father, a dyer. His body was interred at St.Mark's on 13 October 1942.
 LAC Hickling died at RAF Hospital Rauceby, a hospital housing a crash and burns unit, and specialising in reconstructive plastic surgery, under the wing of RAF Cranwell. His death was registered at Sleaford, Lincolnshire. He is buried in the churchyard in a family grave.
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Researched and written by Paul R Speakman