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The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment

Lieut. Harry Frank Hicks

Soldiers of the First World War database entry - H.F. Hicks

Service:

  • Prior service; 1 month, 10th Royal Grenadiers, Canadian Militia
  • Enlisted 10th Royal Grenadiers, Toronto, 8 Aug 1914
  • Transferred to The R.C.R., 6 Sep 1914
  • Service as a soldier of The R.C.R.; joined the Regiment in Bermuda, taken on strength 9 Nov 1914; regimental numbers 16348 and 477402
  • Landed in France, 1 Nov 1915
  • Left France, 20 May 1917
  • Commissioned, 1 Sep 1917
  • Landed in France, 21 Sep 1917
  • Rejoined The R.C.R., 5 Nov 1917
  • Courses:
    • O.T.C. Bexhill at C.T.S. England
    • Certificate 1st Class, Signalling
  • Leave to U.K., 6 to 25 Jan 1918
  • Proceeded to England for attachment to R.A.F.
  • THE LONDON GAZETTE, 10 DECEMBER, 1918; ROYAL AIR FORCE. The undermentioned are granted temp, commns. as 2nd Lts. (Observer Officers):- 8th Nov. 1918 - Harry Frank Hicks (Lt., Nova Scotia R., C.E.F.), and to be Hon. Lt.

Date of Birth - 27 Feb 1893

 

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