Ernest's Story.
Birkenhead News 27 October 1917CORPORAL ERNEST TICKLE REPORTED DEAD.
Mr. E. Tickle, 36, Brunswick Street, has just received sad news concerning his third son, Corpl. Ernest Tickle, who has been posted as wounded and missing since April 23rd. He is now officially reported as having died on or near that date. Corpl. Tickle enlisted in January, 1916, and was drafted to France in July of the same year. Before joining the South Wales Borderers he was engaged on minesweeping work on the “King Orry.”