Name
Thomas Strange Wickham (DSO)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/08/1914
35
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Manchester Regiment
Attached Nigerian Regiment 5th Bn. W.A.F.F
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Distinguished Service Order
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Zaria Memorial
Nigeria
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 2 Jun 1878 in Bideford, Devon son of Thomas T. and Dorothy S. K. Wickham. Took part in the Jameson Raid in 1895 and fought in Rhodesia in 1896. Fought in the South African war 1899-1902 in the South African Light Horse and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment in 1901 and made Lieutenant 1902. Served as Captain in the W.A.F.F 1904-12. Distinguished Service Order (1901). Educated at the United Services College 1890-92. He married Bertha Wesley Grieveson in 1905 in Darlington, Durham. They lived at Hawkes Settle, Marpool Hill, Exmouth, Devon.
Wartime Service
Killed in action in Nigeria.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
