William Hickie

Sir William Hickie
Born	(1865-05-21)21 May 1865 Terryglass, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died	3 November 1950(1950-11-03) (aged 85) Dublin, Ireland
Buried	Terryglass, County Tipperary
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1885–1922
Rank	Major general
Unit	Royal Fusiliers
Commands	16th (Irish) Division 53rd Brigade 13th Brigade
Battles / wars	Second Boer War Battle of Bothaville World War I Battle of Loos Battle of Guillemont Battle of Ginchy Battle of the Somme Battle of Messines Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Cambrai
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Senator
In office 17 September 1925 – 29 May 1936
Personal details
Political party	Independent

Major General Sir William Bernard Hickie, KCB, FRGS (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 World War I 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.^[1]