Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Memorial Plaque (2) (Cuthbert Hickman; Frank Henry Charles Hickman) both with three small drill holes at 5, 7, and 12 o’clock, nearly very fine and better (2) £200-£240

Cuthbert Hickman, the son of Henry and Grace Hickman, of Leytonstone, Essex, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and served with them during the Great War. He was severely wounded at Gallipoli in August 1915, and again on the Western Front in June 1916, and died on 12 November 1918, one day after the Armistice. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

Frank Henry Charles Hickman, the son of Henry and Grace Hickman, and the brother of Cuthbert Hickman, attested for the London Regiment at Leytonstone, Essex, and served with the 9th Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 November 1914. Advanced Sergeant, he was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 3 June 1916). He was was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Some, 1 July 1916, on which date the battalion took part in the attack on Gommecourt, and suffered 545 casualties. He is buried at Gommecourt British Cemetery No. 2, France.