Monument to Charles Tempest-Hicks MC in St Mary, Monken Hadley.
Charles Edward Henry Tempest-Hicks MC, MiD, Croix de Guerre (France) (c. 1888 - 9 August 1918[1]) was an English soldier of 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.[2] 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.[3]
See also[]
- Gladsmuir
References[]
- ↑ CHARLES EDWARD HENRY TEMPEST-HICKS. Every Man Remembered, Royal British Legion. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ Wills, Walter H. (Ed.) (1907) The Anglo-African Who's Who and Biographical Sketchbook, 1907, p. 175.
- ↑ Monument to Charles Edward Henry Tempest-Hicks. Courtauld Institute of Art. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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