HICKMAN+R.+A.+G.

Hickman, Richard Archibald Gibson, Lance Corporal, P.S.2590, 16th Bn, Middlesex Regiment Born Derby Enlisted London Resided Normanton, Derby Killed in action France and Flanders 23rd November 1916

Aged 29 Son of Richard Bower Hickman and Emma Elizabeth Hickman, of 8, Thornhill Road, Littleover, Derby AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers, III, H, 2

Service record from the National Archives (available from www.ancestry.co.uk)

Enlisted 27th July 1915 aged 27 Stated his place of residence as 3, West Mount Villas, Normanton Employed as an engineer 5 feet 5 inches in height Religious denomination Church of England Served in France from 15th March 1916 Suffered a gun shot wound to the left arm 3rd July 1916 Appointed unpaid Lance Corporal 17th October 1916