HICK Horace Joseph

  • First Name(s):
    Horace 
    Joseph 
  • Surname:
    HICK
  • Service Number:
    146924
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Corps:
    Machine Gun Corps
  • Regiment:
    Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
  • Battalion:
    57th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 22214, Worcestershire Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    4th October 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France, Panel 10.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Stourbridge, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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HICK Horace Joseph Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge St John’s Church
Stourbridge St John’s School now in Stourbridge St John’s Church
Stourbridge War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Surname incorrectly spelt Hicks on all three memorials.

Further Information About HICK Horace Joseph

The birth of Horace Joseph Hick is registered in the December Quarter 1899 under the Stourbridge Registration District.

Horace Hick volunteered for the Worcesters and joined a Machine Gun section.  He was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, probably in 1916, and served in the 57th Battalion. This was part of the 57th (West Lancashire) Division and by the middle of 1918 they were involved in the Advance to Victory.  Their advance began in late August when they came up to the strong German defensive line south of Arras.  A major attack started on the 26th August at Riencourt and in a five day battle they penetrated the Drocourt-Queant Line and were well on their way to Cambrai.  The next phase came at the end of September when the next advance took them to Graincourt and to the St. Quentin Canal just south of Cambrai.  However, among the casualties was Private Horace Hick, who was killed in action on the 4th October.

Horace Hick entered the theatre of war on 21st September 1915. He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the 1915 Star.

Horace Hick has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Vis-en-Artois Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society. Birth registration and Medal Roll Index Card researched by Sandra Taylor.