William Bernard Hickie

Sir William Bernard Hickie
Sir William Hickie.
Born	21 May 1865 Terryglass, Borrisokane, County Tipperary
Died	3 November 1950 (aged 85) Dublin, Ireland
Buried at	Terryglass, County Tipperary
Allegiance	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1885–1922
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	13th Brigade 53rd Brigade 16th (Irish) Division
Battles/wars	Second Boer War Battle of Bothaville First World War Battle of Loos Battle of Guillemont Battle of Ginchy Battle of the Somme Battle of Messines Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Awards	Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Bath
Relations	Colonel James Francis Hickie (1833–1913) (father)
Other work	Seanad of the Irish Free State

Second Boer War

First World War

Major-General Sir William Bernard Hickie, KCB (21 May 1865 – 3 November 1950) was an Irish-born senior British Army officer and an Irish nationalist politician.

As a British Army officer he saw active service in the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1902; was A.Q.M.G. in the Irish Command from 1912 to 1914 and in the First World War from 1914 to 1918. He commanded a brigade of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in 1914 and was Commander of the 16th (Irish) Division from 1915 on the Western Front.

William Hickie was born on 21 May 1865, at Slevoir, Terryglass, near Borrisokane, County Tipperary, the eldest of the eight children of Colonel James Francis Hickie (1833–1913) and his wife Lucila Larios y Tashara (died 1880), originally of Castile. From a long soldierly line and famous Gaelic stock, William Hickie’s name is best remembered as one of the notable Irishman who served during the Great War. Two of his four brothers also served, one as a Major in the Royal Artillery before becoming a priest. Hickie was educated at Oscott College, Birmingham, a renowned seminary for training youths of prosperous Roman Catholic families. His sister Dolores married the soldier, explorer and author Henry Hugh Peter Deasy.