Henry Percy Valentine Hickman

Captain Henry Percy Valentine Hickman (14 February, 1876 – 9 November, 1918) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Hickman was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1898.

Hickman was promoted to the rank of Commander on 22 June, 1911.

Hickman was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1916.

Hickman was appointed in command of the light cruiser Undaunted on 3 January, 1918.

He became ill and was removed from command, dying of pneumonia at the Naval Hospital in Leith even before he was officially superseded in command of Undaunted.

See Also

• Wikipedia

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 112/224.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by The Hon. Arthur L. O. Forbes-Semphill	Captain of H.M.S. Leander 7 Feb, 1917 – 15 Jun, 1917	Succeeded by Harold E. Sulivan
Preceded by Frederic A. Whitehead	Captain of H.M.S. Roxburgh 6 Sep, 1917	Succeeded by Gerald W. Vivian
Preceded by Francis G. St. John	Captain of H.M.S. Undaunted 3 Jan, 1918 – 13 Nov, 1918	Succeeded by Ernest W. Denison