By Paul Harris They never found his body in the cloying, blood-drenched mud of the Somme. But nearly a century after a young soldier died fighting for king and country, he is about to see service again. Private William Tickle, who lied about his age to join the Army at just 15, is to be immortalised on a Royal Mail stamp bearing his image. Private William Cecil 'Billie' Tickle is to be commemorated on a stamp marking the centenary of the First World War His photograph will form part of a five-year commemoration of the First World War, honouring the millions of ordinary people who gave their lives for freedom or answered the patriotic call.
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Private William Cecil 'Billie' Tickle killed at the Battle of the Somme
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Just one of 350,000 British soldiers killed in action that day
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Billie's mother donated his picture to the Imperial War Museum
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He will now feature on a stamp to commemorate the conflict
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