Language selection


Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Henry Hickey

In memory of:

Sergeant Henry Hickey

May 30, 1915

Military Service


Service Number:

11202

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

4th Battalion (1st Central Ontario Regt.)

Honours and Awards:

Mentioned in Despatches

Additional Information


Born:

May 16, 1893
London, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Quebec

Commemorated on Page 19 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

VIMY MEMORIAL
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War is the majestic and inspiring Vimy Memorial, which overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The Memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted. At the base of the memorial, these words appear in French and in English:

TO THE VALOUR OF THEIR COUNTRYMEN IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN MEMORY OF THEIR SIXTY THOUSAND DEAD THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED BY THE PEOPLE OF CANADA


Inscribed on the ramparts of the Vimy Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as 'missing, presumed dead' in France. A plaque at the entrance to the memorial states that the land for the battlefield park, 91.18 hectares in extent, was 'the free gift in perpetuity of the French nation to the people of Canada'. Construction of the massive work began in 1925, and 11 years later, on July 26, 1936, the monument was unveiled by King Edward VIII. The park surrounding the Vimy Memorial was created by horticultural experts. Canadian trees and shrubs were planted in great masses to resemble the woods and forests of Canada. Wooded parklands surround the grassy slopes of the approaches around the Vimy Memorial. Trenches and tunnels have been restored and preserved and the visitor can picture the magnitude of the task that faced the Canadian Corps on that distant dawn when history was made. On April 3, 2003, the Government of Canada designated April 9th of each year as a national day of remembrance of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Monument– Henry Hickey British home child
  • Other– Henry Hickey British home child
  • Other– Henry Hickey British home child
  • Newspaper clipping– Henry Hickey British home child
  • Newspaper clipping– Henry Hickey British home child
  • Newspaper clipping– Henry Hickey British home child
  • Other– Henry Hickey British home child
  • Monument– Henry Hickey British home child 

Henry Hickey who was sent to Canada in 1902 by Barnardos on the Dominion. He died in WW1 and is commemorated at Vimy memorial .
  • Extract from Canada in Khaki– Sergeant Henry Hickey's heroism at the 2nd battle of Ypres and at Festubert is honoured in this account published in 1917 in "Canada in Khaki" magazine.  This magazine was published for the Canadian War Records Office by the Montreal Star Publishing Co. Ltd., with net profits going to the Canadian War Memorials Fund.
  • Photo of Henry Hickey– Portrait of Sgt. Henry W. Hickey.  Source: William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930."  Toronto 1935, pg. 430.
  • Record of Service
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Honour roll– British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll
  • Circumstances of death registers
  • Memorial– Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: