Cecil Stanhope BLAIR HICKMAN [1897-1980]

Submitted by Alan Ho on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 12:59
Names
Given
Cecil Stanhope
Family
Blair Hickman
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (country)
Malta
Died
Date
(Day & Month are approximate.)
Died in (town, state)
Eastbourne Sussex
Died in (country)
England
  • Royal Navy Paymaster Commander in Hong Kong prior to the Japanese occupation.
  • In 1941, he was a member of the Hong Kong Food and Firewood Control Board (糧食柴薪統制委員會) . 
  • Became a prisoner of war and was interned in Hong Kong Argyle St. Camp - POW Camp 'N' (1941 - 1945)
  • The first reunion dinner of Argyle Street prisoners of war was held on August, 1948, attended by about 75 ex-POWs, with Major-General Maltby presiding. Commander Blair Hickman was one of the attendees.
     
    1948 The first reunion dinner of Argyle Street prisoners of war
    1948 The first reunion dinner of Argyle Street prisoners of war
    1950 Annual Reunion dinner of Argyle Street prisoners of war
    1950 Annual Reunion dinner of Argyle Street prisoners of war

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Mr. Ceci S. B. Hickman
1933
Food Control Board (September 1, 1941)
1941
Miss Olga Franklin, Prisoner of War handmade Christmas Card
1944
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Marriage All Souls St Marylebone London 17 June 1927

Cecil Stanhope Blair Hickman (sic) 29 Bachelor Lieutenant RN HMS Iron Duke Paymaster son of John Smith Blair Hickman (sic) Civil Service (Retired)

Nellie Marie Madeline Le Coultre daughter of Paul Alphonse Le Coultre French Army (Deceased) 30 Spinster

No hyphen shown on the original certificate or in Navy Lists

Japanese Card

Cecil Stanhope Blair Hickman (no hyphen) Paymaster Commander RN born 12 October 1897, Father John Mother Lilian

Place of birth Malta (Ancestry Public Tree)

Destination of Report to wife Nellie Marie Hickman address Alvington 1 Wynna Road Point Piper Sydney Australia

1946 Birthday Honours

Commander Cecil Stanhope Blair Hickman O.B.E.

UK Marriage  Index

His first wife died in 1957 and he remarried.  Doreen Singleton (1915 - 1996) in 1958 in Bromley Kent (Ancestry Public Tree)

UK Death Index

Cecil Stannope (sic) Blair Hickman age 82 Birth 12 October 1897 Death registered Quarter 1 1980 in Eastbourne Sussex

Thanks for the information!  Miss O. Franklin may have used the name Blair-Hickman when writing to Blair Hickman to ensure accuracy and clarity. According to the "Hong Kong P.O.W. Camp Name List" from November 1, 1944, on page 14, the name "Blair Hickman, Cecil Stanhope" was incorrectly written as "Hickman, Cecil Stanhope Blair".
 

Hong Kong P.O.W. Camp Name List (November 1, 1944)
http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/camplists/china_hk/HONG-KONG_Roster_RG407Bx123.pdf