Charles Benjamin Kemp Jickling
Person details
| Forename(s) | Charles Benjamin Kemp |
|---|---|
| Surname | Jickling |
| Rank | Captain |
| Regiment | Royal Norfolk Regiment |
| Age | 29 |
| Death | Killed by friendly fire after liberation as a POW |
| Place of Death | Western Europe > Germany |
| Date of Death | 14/04/1945 |
| Year of Entry | 1930 |
| House Letter | D |
| School Notes | - |
| Comments | A description of the incident when his column of POWs was strafed is in the OR letters file |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | |
| Prefect | - |
| Military Decorations | |
| Album Number | 22 |
| Battle | |
| Previous Regiment | |
| Burial or Cemetery | Germany > Durnbach |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Sandhurst |
| Prep School | |
| Prisoner of War | Captured after Dunkirk |
| Radlein Obituary |
November 17 1940. Recorded as prisoner of war June 17 1945. Recorded on the Roll of Honour November 25 1945. Killed on active service in Europe in April, 1945, Charles Benjamin Kemp Jickling, Capt., R. Norfolk R. (Stevenson's, D, 1930-34). Ben Jickling was commissioned to the Norfolk Regiment on passing out from Sandhurst in 1936. At the beginning of the war, he filled the very onerous post of Adjutant to a Territorial Battalion. Those who met him during this period speak of the way in which he met the difficulties of those early days, calm, unflustered, with imperturbable good humour. but at the same time admirably competent. With several fellow-officers he was captured at the time of Dunkirk and found himself one of eleven O.R.s in Oflag VII B. He was one of fifty officers, two of them O.R.s, who were accidentally killed on April 14th when on the march from Eichstatt eastwards, and when liberation was so near at hand. A fellow P.O.W. writes: 'Ben lived as full a life as was possible in a prison camp, invariably shouldering much responsibility, and being adjutant of a Company at the time he was killed. He had a quiet manner, and a way of getting things done without rubbing people up the wrong way which under prison conditions was extremely difficult to accomplish but at the same time invaluable. At Oflag VII B, much of his time was spent in the garden and with the many additional activities he found for himself he was always busy at something or other. With his tragic death one has lost a very true friend. |
| Service Number | 67110 |
| Place of Birth |
