Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.125 | |
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 43C GQS | |
| 3. Memorial: | Liverpool Masonic Hall War Memorial | Col.2. Hope St. | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Early Life :
Born July 1881 to George Hawson Rick and Mary Helen Ramsden.Education & Career :
Liverpool University.
Physician, Liverpool (1912).
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 1st Western General Hospital |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
Detail :
CAPTAIN PANTLAND HICK, RAMC 1ST WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL Dr Pantland HICK of Liverpool, died on April 17th 1915 , at the age of 33. He was educated at the University of Liverpool, where he had a distinguished career as a student, winning several scholarships. He graduated M.B., Ch.B. at Liverpool in 1904. He also took the degrees of M.B., B.S.Lond. in 1906, and that of M.D. in 1909. He was an assistant physician to the Liverpool Royal Infirmary and Sub-curator of the Pathological Museum of the University of Liverpool. He was a Captain in the R.A.M.C.(T.F.) attached to the 1st Western General Hospital. He had been honorary physician and pathologist to the Stanley Hospital and to the Liverpool Infirmary for Children. He was the author, in conjunction with Dr. Blair Bell, of a paper on the physiology of the female genital organs, which appeared in the BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL in 1909. Dr. Pantland Hick was a man of very amiable disposition, and a career of high promise has been cut short by his untimely death. We have not been able establish how he died. He is not included in the CWGC database as a war casualty although he should be.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Imperial No. 2711 E.C. | West Lancashire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
21st November 1912 | 29th December 1912 | 20th February 1913 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley