Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Tyne Cot Memorial | Panel 106 to 108. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.125 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 15A GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
A Coy
Family :
Son of Edward Richard and Fanny Flora Hickmott, of 41, Victoria Rd., Tunbridge Wells; husband of Ellen Margaret Hickmott, of 55, Forest Rd., Tunbridge Wells. Undertaker, (1908).Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 10th Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) |
10th (Service) Battalion (Kent County) Formed at Maidstone on 3 May 1915 by Lord Harris, Vice Lieutenant of Kent, at the request of the Army Council. Attached in July 1915 to 118th Brigade in 39th Division but transferred in October to 123rd Brigade in 41st Division. Moved to Aldershot in January 1916. 4 May 1916 : landed in France. November 1917 : moved with the Division to Italy but returned to France in March 1918. |
| Action : The Final Advance in Flanders |
28 September - 11 November 1918. As the pressure mounted in other sectors the opportunity was seized to escape the confines of the Ypres Salient. Within five days the British Second Army had pushed the Germans back over the 1917 battlefield and were advancing on Courtrai. After action at Courtrai the advance continued into Belgium until the Armistice on 11th November.
His only son, Sgt (pilot) Richard Samuel Keith Hickmott of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died on active service in England on 17 May 1941 and was buried at the Tunbridge Wells Cemetery.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Holmesdale No. 874 E.C. | West Kent |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
20th May 1908 | 17th June 1908 | 21st October 1908 |
Senior Deacon
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