William Bernard Hickie
British Army general
Died when: 85 years 166 days (1025 months)Star Sign: Gemini
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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 Hickie saw active service in the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1902; was Assistant Quartermaster General in the Irish Command from 1912 to 1914, and served in the First World War from 1914 to 1918.
He commanded a brigade of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914 and was commander of the 16th (Irish) Division from 1915 on the Western Front.
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