Corporal Frederick Hickman
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1882-05-26
Place of birth: Elston Nottinghamshire England England
Next of kin: Lucy Hickman, Wife, Wataskiwin, Alberta
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-08-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Faubourg-D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, VII. D. 24.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 530073
Highest Rank:
Corporal
Rank detail
- Corporal (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Awards
Military Medal
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 284410
LAC ID:
465421
Service file: B4321-S024
Uploader's Notes:
From Christine Hanby
Corporal Hickman was born in Elston, emigrating to Canada in 1908, where he became a farmer. At his death, he left a widow and one child. He enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Calgary, Alberta, on 17th January 1916. He was 5' 10" tall, chest 37", with dark hair and light-blue eyes.
From Doreen Pellissier:
"Killed in Action." While with two comrades on mounted patrol duty on the Arras-Cambrai Road just east of Tilloy les Mafflaines both he and his horse were instantly killed when a shell struck and exploded on the road nearby. (From Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948)
Uploader's Research notes: [Not Specified Army Canadian Army Medical Corps 8th Field Ambulance Corporal Army Canadian Provost Corps 3rd Division Headquarters Military Medal ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-06-01