WORLD WAR I

Bingham War Memorial

K46901

A/B William Herbert Hickman

Royal Navy

born 1899

Service Record

Gives place of birth Nottingham
Occupation Steel Labourer.

Service Record

He enlisted on 3rd November 1917 for the duration of hostilities.
He was 5’4””, with a chest of 37½” with brown eyes and brown hair.

He had several scars and tattoos:
L arm: “Unity” sword, Jockey, flwers and “Elsie)
Rt arm: Cowboy riding, flowers.

Rank	Ship	From	To	notes
Stoker II	Victory II	3 Nov 1917	21 Feb1918	Shore based depot/training
Stoker II/I	Princess Royal	22 Feb 1918	15 May 1919	Battle cruiser Starting in July 1918, the Grand Fleet was affected by the 1918 flu pandemic; at one point, Princess Royal lacked sufficient healthy crewmen to sail. Following the surrender of the High Seas Fleet at the end of the war, Princess Royal and the 1st BCS made up part of the guard force in Scapa Flow.
Stoker I	Victory I	16 May 1919	17 Jul 1919
Stoker I	Sandhurst	18 Jul 1919	31 Dec 1919	H.M.S. Sandhurst was the former civil ship Manipur, hired in November 1914 and purchased in 1915. She served as the dummy battleship Indomitable before being converted to a fleet repair ship
Stoker I	Columbine	1 Jan 1920	31 Mar 1919	Training ship based in Northern Ireland
Stoker I	Victory II	1 Apr 192	29 Apr 1920

April 1920

Demobilised and paid war gratuity.

Roll of Honour and AVL

Recorded on both.
AVL William Herbert, Spring Gardens, K46901 Sto. I.I. RN HMS "Princess Royal"

	A/B William Herbert Hickman
1899	Born Bingham, 8 February 1899
Census 1901	Living on Long Acre with: Father: Harry b. Scarrington 1862 Mother: Mary b. Bingham 1875 Brother: Leonard b. Bingham 1897	Waggoner on farm
Census 1911	Living on Long Acre with: Father: Henry Brother: Leonard	Farm Labourer, Market Garden Newsboy, stationer’s	Brother Leonard KiA
1931	Married Hilda Thompson in Bingham in 1931. They had three children: Joseph 1931 Jack C 1935 Jill b 1941	Hilda was born 1903 and lived at 2 Long Acre Row in 1911
Electoral Rolls	1921- 1931 Henry and William Herbert are in Spring Gardens; Hilda Hickman 1931
1939 register	Living at Spring Gardens. Long Acre, Bingham: William Herbert Hilda Two closed records	Stoker Driver, Lancashire Boilers, (Heavy Worker) Mental Hospital (i.e. Saxondale) Unpaid domestic duties
Bingham cemetery	William Herbert d 28/4/1976 aged 77 Hilda wife if WH d 11 Aug 1982 aged 79
Research note	William Herbert and John Tomas Hickman may have been related but we can find no evidence on genealogy sites.