WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| R/8332 | Rifleman Leonard Henry Hickman | Age 19 7th Bn., Kings Royal Rifle Corps |
Born 1897 |
| Died of wounds in Belgium on 30/07/1915 |
Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial | Panel 51 and 53 | |
| Ancestry SDiGW |
Enlisted in Mansfield | ||
| 30th Jul 1915 In an attack at 03:15 in the front line at the Hooge Crater, the Germans employed a flame thrower against troops of the 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade and 7th Kings Royal Rifle Corps. - See more at: http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/alliedarmy-view.php?pid=6480#sthash.tk435eQn.dpuf | |||
| July 1915 Forces War Records co. uk. |
Hickman entered France on 19th May 1915. In early July 1915
the British forces including the 7th Battalion of the KRRC had captured
the village of Hooge near Ypres in Flanders, Belgium and set up their Divisional
Headquarters at the Hooge Chateau. However the Germans reclaimed this position on the 30th July 1915 using what was one of the first employments of the ‘flammenwerfer’ a flame throwing weapon, causing panic and confusion in the British trenches as their front lines went up in a mass of flame. With flames from some 150 of these weapons extending to up to 25 yards the Germans penetrated the British lines, pushing the British back with ease and causing them heavy casualties. It is likely that Rifleman Hickman was amongst them. |
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| War Diary | The first page of the battalion war diary notes that the battalion crossed from Southampton to Boulogne on 15th May 1917. Hickman’s medal card notes his qualifying date as May 15 1917, confirming he was with the battalion at that time. Several men were wounded in isolated incidents during the build up to a major action on the 30th July. It is not possible to identify how and when Hickman received his injuries. The war diary (images 6 and 7) makes specific mention of “liquid fire”. It also catalogues what went wrong with the British Action. | ||
| CWGC | Son of Henry Hickman, of Nottingham Rd., Bingham, Notts. | ||
| Register of Effects | On 18th July 1917 Leonard’s back pay of £7.2s.9d was paid
to his father Henry. |
On 18th August 1919 a War Gratuity of £3.0.0. was paid to Henry. | |
No army records on Ancestry.com click here to see medal card
Family history etc
| R/8332 | Rifleman Leonard Henry Hickman | ||
| 1897 | Born Bingham |
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| Census 1901 | Living in Long Acre with: Father: Harry, b 1862 Scarrington, Mother: Mary, b 1875 Bingham Brother: Herbert, b 1899. |
Waggoner on farm |
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| Census 1911 | living in Long Acre with: Father: Harry Mother: Mary and brother: William Herbert (Able seaman in WW1) |
Working as Newsboy Waggoner on farm |
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| 1916 CWGC |
Son of Henry Hickman, of Nottingham Rd., Bingham, Notts. | ||
| 1915 Nottingham Evening Post | Thursday 28 October 1915 report of Hickman’s death. He is the middle one in the photo strip below. | ||
Nottingham Evening Post
Thursday 28 October 1915
