Private William Killick, G/15455, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, was born at Furnace Farm, Hartfield in 1888. He lived at Furnace Farm, Hartfield and enlisted in Maidstone. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Ancre Heights, Battle of the Somme.on 17th October 1916 at Schwaben redoubt near Thiepval, Somme, France, age 28 and is buried in Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval: Grave XIX. D. 7.
He was the son of Amos (1855 – 1925) and Mary Mancell (Hemsley) (1869 – 1924) Killick. His pre-war occupation was as a Gardener at East Sutton Place, Maidstone.
Listed on the War Memorials in Colemans Hatch and Hartfield.
