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Son of James and Harriett Hickman, of Grand Bank, Newfoundland.
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Private Charles Forsey Hickman
Charles Forsey Hickman is remembered on this Memorial Plaque. He listed his occupation on his Attestation as 'packer and shipper'. He enlisted on March 17, 1916 in Winnipeg and his address at that time was 407 Cumberland Avenue in Winnipeg.
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Private Charles Forsey Hickman
The spelling of Pte. Hickman's name was incorrect in this article.
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Private Charles Forsey Hickman
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Private Charles Forsey Hickman
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Charles Forsey Hickman
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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post cards from France to his nephew Arthur ending with "Must close and go to bed , the servants say say it is ready and want to know if I want one or two hot water bottles and what colour pyjamas I would prefer". and Niece Grace referring to a tea set he gave her and that he would tea with her as soon as he cleaned up the Kaiser. Grace told me years ago that he had great sense of humour .
Don Hickman
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Embroidered post cards from Charlie to Nephew Arthur and Niece Grace 1917.
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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My great uncle, Charles Forsey Hickman, who died at Vimy, April 12, 1917, at age 23. I wish that I could have met him. I think from this picture, that he had the great sense of humor that runs in the family.
The account that has been passed down, is that he was hit in the face while bringing a wounded man to safety. While at the first aid station, it was hit by a shell. No remains were identified.
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Charles Forsey Hickman is remembered on this Memorial Plaque. He listed his occupation on his Attestation as 'packer and shipper'. He enlisted on March 17, 1916 in Winnipeg and his address at that time was 407 Cumberland Avenue in Winnipeg.
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The spelling of Pte. Hickman's name was incorrect in this article.
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His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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post cards from France to his nephew Arthur ending with "Must close and go to bed , the servants say say it is ready and want to know if I want one or two hot water bottles and what colour pyjamas I would prefer". and Niece Grace referring to a tea set he gave her and that he would tea with her as soon as he cleaned up the Kaiser. Grace told me years ago that he had great sense of humour . Don Hickman
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Embroidered post cards from Charlie to Nephew Arthur and Niece Grace 1917.
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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My great uncle, Charles Forsey Hickman, who died at Vimy, April 12, 1917, at age 23. I wish that I could have met him. I think from this picture, that he had the great sense of humor that runs in the family. The account that has been passed down, is that he was hit in the face while bringing a wounded man to safety. While at the first aid station, it was hit by a shell. No remains were identified.
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Page 255 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VIMY MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France
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:
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.
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