About Michael Hicks
Lived 1928 – 2008 (aged 80). Michael Hicks was a military leader.
Major-General William Michael Ellis Hicks (2 June 1928 – 27 December 2008) was a British Army officer.
Military career Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Hicks was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1948. He became commanding officer of 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards in 1970 and was deployed to Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1982 Birthday Honours.
In 1950 he married Jean Hilary Duncan; they had three sons.
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Michael Hicks was born on 2 June 1928 in Wendover.
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Michael Hicks died on 27 December 2008.
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Michael Hicks was a military leader.
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