Charles Tempest-Hicks
Charles Edward Henry Tempest-Hicks MC (18 May 1888[1] – 9 August 1918[2]) was a British Army officer in the 16th The Queen's Lancers.
Tempest-Hicks was the son of Brigadier-General Henry Tempest Hicks of Monken Hadley who served with distinction in the South African War.[3] Charles Tempest-Hicks died in action at Warvillers during the First World War and is buried at the Longueau British Cemetery in Somme. A memorial to him by William Hamo Thornycroft exists inside St Mary's church, Monken Hadley.[4] He was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Military Cross and French Croix de Guerre.
He was educated at Ludgrove School[5] and then Harrow School and Sandhurst, the latter for whom he played cricket.[6]
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References[edit]
- ^ UK, British Army Lists, 1882-1962
- ^ CHARLES EDWARD HENRY TEMPEST-HICKS. Every Man Remembered, Royal British Legion. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ Wills, Walter H. (Ed.) (1907) The Anglo-African Who's Who and Biographical Sketchbook, 1907, p. 175.
- ^ Monument to Charles Edward Henry Tempest-Hicks. Courtauld Institute of Art. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ Barber, Richard (2004). The Story of Ludgrove. Oxford: Guidon Publishing. p. 280. ISBN 0-9543617-2-5.
- ^ Wisden Cricketer's Almanack, "Obituaries during the war, 1918"
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