Background
HICKMAN, Thomas Edgecumbe was born on July 25, 1859. Son of Sir A. Hickman, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament for West Wolverhampton.
HICKMAN, Thomas Edgecumbe was born on July 25, 1859. Son of Sir A. Hickman, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament for West Wolverhampton.
Studied at Cheltenham College.
Joined Regiment, 1881. Major, 1896; Brevet Colonel, 1900. Served in Egyptian Camel Corps, 1884-1885.
Accompanied River Column (medal, 2 clasps, bronze star, 4th class Medjidieh). Operations at Suakin, 1887. Action of Handoub; operations at Suakin, 1888.
Action of Gemaizeh, as D. Assistant-Adjutant-General to General Grenfell (despatches, 4th class Osmanieh, clasp). Operations on Egyptian Frontier, 1889. As Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General to Colonel Wodehouse’s Column.
Action of Arguin.
Action of Toski, as Brigade Major to Colonel Kitchener, Commanding Mounted Troops (despatches, clasp, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order). DongolaExped., 1896,as Assistant-Adjutant-General Infantry Division to General Hunter (despatches, medal, brevet of Major). Operations Soudan, 1897 (clasp).
Operations Soudan, 1898. Commanded 15th Battalion Egyptian Infantry. Commanded troops at capture of Shendy and destruction of Mahmud’s depot.
Battle of the Atbara (despatches, clasp). Battle of Omdurman (despatches, clasp, Khartoum Medal, brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel). Operations round Gedarif in command of 12th Soudanese Regiment (clasp).
Operations round Gedid as Chief Staff' Officer to General Wingate, defeat and death of Khalifa (despatches, brevet of Colonel). Commanded troops Dongola District, 1899-1900. Governor of Dongola Province, 1899.
Special service, South Africa, 1900-1901 (despatches, Companion of the Bath). Commanded a column of mounted troops in Transvaai, O.R.C., and Cape Colony, 1900. InspectorGeneral, Cape Colonial Forces, 1901.
Commanded Western District, Cape Colony, 1902. Commanded columns under General French in Southern District, Cape Colony, 1901-1902 (King’s medal, 2 clasps. Queen’s medal, 3 clasps).
Commanding Middleburg District, Cape Colony, as Brigade-General, 1902-1908. C. B. 1900; Companion of the Distinguished Service Order; Member of Parliament (Unionist) West Wolverhampton since 1910; Colonel late Worcestershire Regiment.
Unionist.
Clubs: Naval and Military, Prince’s, Hurlingham.
Hunting, shooting, fishing, golf, racing, polo.
Spouse 1908, Elizabeth Maud Mackenzie,daughter of late Surg.-Major D. A. Smith ox Kimberley.
Colonel.