Charles Tempest-Hicks Explained

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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  1. UK, British Army Lists, 1882-1962
  2. http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/205450/ CHARLES EDWARD HENRY TEMPEST-HICKS.
  3. Wills, Walter H. (Ed.) (1907) The Anglo-African Who's Who and Biographical Sketchbook, 1907, p. 175.
  4. http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/conway/df1b20e7.html Monument to Charles Edward Henry Tempest-Hicks.
  5. Book: Barber . Richard . The Story of Ludgrove . 2004 . Guidon Publishing . Oxford . 0-9543617-2-5 . 280.
  6. Wisden Cricketer's Almanack, "Obituaries during the war, 1918"