Major Herbert Gourlay Wickens
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Wickens,
Herbert Gourlay
Date of birth: 1883-06-11
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: William Eastwood Wickens, father. 30 Earl Street, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Banker
Religion: Wesleyan
Date of death:
1917-09-20
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Fosse No. 10 Communal Cemetery Extension, III. B. 4.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Major
(3rd Battalion)
Rank detail
- Major, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-08-19 to 1917-09-20
- Rank unknown (Army). 1917-06-13 to 1917-08-19
- Rank unknown (Army). 1916-12-01 to 1917-06-13
- Rank unknown (Army). 1916-07-15 to 1916-12-01
- Rank unknown (Army). 1916-02-01 to 1916-07-15
- Rank unknown, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-22 to 1916-02-01
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
Awards
Mentioned in Despatches 'A' List
Date of award: 1917-06-01
Source: London Gazette No. 30107. pg. 5428
Comment: MID while serving with the Canadian Army Pay Corps
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 304910
LAC ID:
308606
Service file: B10338-S051
Uploader's Notes:
Son of William Eastwood Wickens and Martha Hannah Wickens (nee Kenworthy); older brother of Richard Norman Wickens (Service No. 348849)
Prior service with the QOR
Uploader's Research notes: 3rd Battalion Nominal Roll [Honourary Major Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Division Headquarters Field Cashier Promotion confirmed in London Gazette No. 29687, July 28, 1916, pg. 7489 Honourary Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion Attached Honourary Captain Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Division Headquarters Field Cashier Honourary Major Army Canadian Army Pay Corps No. 6 Detachment Honourary Major Army Canadian Army Pay Corps Canadian Corps Headquarters Field Cashier Major Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion Transfer confirmed in London Gazette No. 30293, September 19, 1917, pg. 9725 Mentioned in Despatches & 'A' List MID while serving with the Canadian Army Pay Corps ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2018-10-09