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Brigadier Philip Hugh Whitby Hicks, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (25 September 1895 – 8 October 1967) was an officer of the British Army during both the First and Second World Wars. Hicks was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1914, during the First World War, and fought on the Western Front. In the Second World War he was commander of the 1st Airlanding Brigade, of the 1st Airborne Division. He commanded the brigade in the Mediterranean theatre during Operation Ladbroke, part of the Allied invasion of Sicily, in July 1943, as well as during the Battle of Arnhem, part of Operation Market Garden, in September 1944.

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  • Brigadier Philip Hugh Whitby Hicks, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (25 September 1895 – 8 October 1967) was an officer of the British Army during both the First and Second World Wars. Hicks was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1914, during the First World War, and fought on the Western Front. In the Second World War he was commander of the 1st Airlanding Brigade, of the 1st Airborne Division. He commanded the brigade in the Mediterranean theatre during Operation Ladbroke, part of the Allied invasion of Sicily, in July 1943, as well as during the Battle of Arnhem, part of Operation Market Garden, in September 1944. After the Second World War, Hicks retired from the British Army and worked for the International Refugee Organization and the National Playing Fields Association before his death in 1967. (en)
  • Il brigadiere Philip Hugh Whitby Hicks MC, Distinguished Service Order e CBE (Warwick, 25 settembre 1895 – Hartley Wintney, 8 ottobre 1967) è stato un militare britannico durante la prima e la seconda guerra mondiale.Fu nominato sottotenente nel Royal Warwickshire Regiment nel 1914, durante la prima guerra mondiale, e combatté sul fronte occidentale. Nella seconda guerra mondiale fu comandante della 1ª Brigata di atterraggio, della 1st Airborne Division. Comandò la brigata nel teatro del Mediterraneo durante l'operazione Ladbroke, parte dell'invasione alleata della Sicilia, nel luglio 1943 e durante la battaglia di Arnhem, parte dell'operazione Market Garden, nel settembre 1944. Dopo la seconda guerra mondiale si ritirò dall'esercito britannico e lavorò per la International Refugee Organization e la National Playing Fields Association prima della sua morte nel 1967. (it)
  • Philip Hugh Whitby (Pip) Hicks (Warwick, 25 september 1895 – Hartley Wintney, 8 oktober 1967) was een Britse militair die meevocht in de Eerste Wereldoorlog en Tweede Wereldoorlog. Hij geniet vooral bekendheid vanwege zijn deelname aan de Slag om Arnhem. (nl)
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  • 2nd Battalion,Royal Warwickshire Regiment
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  • 1895-09-25 (xsd:date)
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  • Warwick, Warwickshire (en)
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  • Brigadier "Pip" Hicks during the advance to Arnhem in 1944 (en)
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  • Philip Hugh Whitby (Pip) Hicks (Warwick, 25 september 1895 – Hartley Wintney, 8 oktober 1967) was een Britse militair die meevocht in de Eerste Wereldoorlog en Tweede Wereldoorlog. Hij geniet vooral bekendheid vanwege zijn deelname aan de Slag om Arnhem. (nl)
  • Brigadier Philip Hugh Whitby Hicks, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (25 September 1895 – 8 October 1967) was an officer of the British Army during both the First and Second World Wars. Hicks was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1914, during the First World War, and fought on the Western Front. In the Second World War he was commander of the 1st Airlanding Brigade, of the 1st Airborne Division. He commanded the brigade in the Mediterranean theatre during Operation Ladbroke, part of the Allied invasion of Sicily, in July 1943, as well as during the Battle of Arnhem, part of Operation Market Garden, in September 1944. (en)
  • Il brigadiere Philip Hugh Whitby Hicks MC, Distinguished Service Order e CBE (Warwick, 25 settembre 1895 – Hartley Wintney, 8 ottobre 1967) è stato un militare britannico durante la prima e la seconda guerra mondiale.Fu nominato sottotenente nel Royal Warwickshire Regiment nel 1914, durante la prima guerra mondiale, e combatté sul fronte occidentale. Nella seconda guerra mondiale fu comandante della 1ª Brigata di atterraggio, della 1st Airborne Division. Comandò la brigata nel teatro del Mediterraneo durante l'operazione Ladbroke, parte dell'invasione alleata della Sicilia, nel luglio 1943 e durante la battaglia di Arnhem, parte dell'operazione Market Garden, nel settembre 1944. (it)
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