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Military service
Service number:
11202
Age:
22
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Battalion (1st Central Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
May 16, 1893
London, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
May 30, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Sergeant Henry Hickey
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Extract from Canada in Khaki
Sergeant Henry Hickey's heroism at the 2nd battle of Ypres and at Festubert is honoured in this account published in 1917 in "Canada in Khaki" magazine. This magazine was published for the Canadian War Records Office by the Montreal Star Publishing Co. Ltd., with net profits going to the Canadian War Memorials Fund. -
Photo of Henry Hickey
Portrait of Sgt. Henry W. Hickey. Source: William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto 1935, pg. 430. -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Record of Service
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Circumstances of death registers
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Monument
Henry Hickey British home child -
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Henry Hickey British home child -
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Newspaper clipping
Henry Hickey British home child -
Newspaper clipping
Henry Hickey British home child -
Newspaper clipping
Henry Hickey British home child -
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Henry Hickey British home child -
Monument
Henry Hickey British home child Henry Hickey who was sent to Canada in 1902 by Barnardos on the Dominion. He died in WW1 and is commemorated at Vimy memorial .
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Henry Hickey
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Henry Hickey
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Henry Hickey
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Henry Hickey
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Henry Hickey
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Henry Hickey
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Henry Hickey
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Henry Hickey
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Henry Hickey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 19 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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