Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Private W. Hicks, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
1914 Star, with clasp (7189 Pte W. Hicks. 1/Shrops: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7189 Pte W. Hicks. Shrops. L.I.) contact marks, correction to K on surname on the VM, nearly very fine

Five: Private J. A. Hicks, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was taken prisoner of war at the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3855190 Pte. J. A. Hicks. Loyal. R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally very fine (8) £300-£400

William Hicks, a Groom from Overton, Ludlow, Shropshire, attested for the Shropshire Light Infantry at Shrewsbury on 13 January 1903. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 1 February 1906 and was mobilised for service during the Great War on 5 August 1914. He served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 9 September 1914 and was later attached to the 1st Aircraft Park, Royal Flying Corps, from 4 August 1915. He returned to the U.K. on 12 January 1916 and was discharged after 13 years’ service.

James A. Hicks, the son of the above, attested for the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and served in pre-War Palestine. During the Second World War, he served in Malaya, and was taken prisoner of war at the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942. He was sent to Camp 10 in Japan on 1 November 1944 after being held in captivity in Thailand.

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