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Lancelot Daryl Hickes
Born30 May 1884
Died4 October 1965 (aged 81)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1903 - 1942
RankMajor General
Service number1867
UnitRoyal Artillery
Battles/warsFirst World War, Second World War
AwardsCB, OBE, MC

Major General Lancelot Daryl Hickes CB OBE MC (30 May 1884 – 4 October 1965) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War.

Biography

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Born on 30 May 1884 at Hornsey to William Alexander Jardine Hickes & Emilie Louise Hickes (née Keller),[1] Lancelot Hickes was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He received his first commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1903. Between 1908 and 1914 he embarked on the first of two tours with the Royal Garrison Artillery as part of the West African Frontier Force.

He served with distinction during the First World War, mentioned in dispatches four times, promoted to the rank of captain in 1914 and brevetted major in 1918,[2] receiving the Military Cross. In 1919 he became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire,[3] and, after attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1920 to 1921,[4] returned to serve again with the West African Frontier Force from 1921 to 1925.

Between 1936 and 1937 he served as an instructor at Senior Officers' School[5] and in 1938 became Assistant Director of the Territorial Army. At the outset of the Second World War he was promoted to the rank of major general, and served as General Officer Commanding, 3rd Anti-Aircraft Division between 1938 and 1939, responsible for Scotland's Anti-Aircraft defences.[6][7]

Major General Lancelot Hickes was director of staff duties at the War Office between 1939 and 1941.[8] He became a Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1941.[9]

Lancelot Hickes retired from the British Army in 1942 and died on 4 October 1965, survived by his only child, Major Anthony Denis Hickes (10 July 1917 – 12 July 2012) from his first marriage to Vera Hickes (née Newbury).[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Sorry, this page does not exist | Ancestry". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  • ^ "Forces War Records". Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  • ^ "Issue 31370" (PDF). The London Gazette. 3 June 1919. p. 6800. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  • ^ Smart, p. 151
  • ^ "Biography of Major-General Lancelot Daryl Hickes (1884 – 1965), Great Britain".
  • ^ "Robert Palmer, A Concise History of Anti-Aircraft Command (History and Personnel) at British Military History" (PDF). [permanent dead link]
  • ^ Gen Sir Martin Farndale, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996, ISBN 1-85753-080-2; Annex J.
  • ^ "Hickes, Maj.-Gen. Lancelot Daryl, (30 May 1884–4 Oct. 1965)". Who's who & who was who. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  • ^ "Issue 35029" (PDF). The London Gazette. 1 January 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  • ^ "Ancestry". ancestry.com. [dead link]
  • Docs – United Kingdom 1939 - 1940 – Anti-Aircraft Command 1939

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