Harold Hickling

Vice-Admiral (retired) Harold Hickling, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., R.N. (17 September, 1892 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of A. W. Hickling, Esq., a Merchant.

Hickling was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 July, 1914.

Hickling served in the light cruiser Glasgow at the Battle of Coronel and the Battle of the Falklands.

Later in the war, he served in Lowestoft in the Mediterranean, and then as gunnery officer in the battleship Commonwealth.

Hickling was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 July, 1922.

Hickling was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1927.

Hickling was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1935.

Hickling was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 January, 1945.

He commanded the Torpoint shore establishment H.M.S. Raleigh from September, 1944 to January, 1945.

Hickling was placed on the Retired List on 12 January, 1948 and subsequently promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 2 September, 19248.

See Also

• Service Records

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by ?	Fleet Gunnery Officer, Africa Station c. late 1919 – 29 Oct, 1921	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by ?	Squadron Gunnery Officer, First Cruiser Squadron c. Oct, 1924 – 3 Jul, 1926	Succeeded by Richard S. Benson
Preceded by Hubert G. D. Acland	Squadron Gunnery Officer, Fifth Cruiser Squadron c. late Dec, 1929 – 1931	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Hubert G. D. Acland	Fleet Gunnery Officer, China Station 1931 – 29 Feb, 1932	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Richard S. Benson	Captain of H.M.S. Duncan 30 Jul, 1937 – Jul, 1939	Succeeded by Geoffrey R. B. Back
Preceded by Richard S. Benson	Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla 30 Jul, 1937 – 1 May, 1939	Succeeded by Charles S. Daniel
Preceded by Ralph Kerr	Captain (D), Twenty-first Destroyer Flotilla 1 May, 1939 – 16 Aug, 1939	Succeeded by Geoffrey R. B. Back
Preceded by Frank H. Pegram	Captain of H.M.S. Glasgow 6 Jun, 1940 – 5 Jan, 1941	Succeeded by John W. Cuthbert
Preceded by John W. Cuthbert	Captain of H.M.S. Glasgow Feb, 1941 – 27 Dec, 1941	Succeeded by John W. Cuthbert