Charles Edward Henry Tempest-Hicks MC (18 May 1888 [1] – 9 August 1918 [2]) was a British Army officer in the 16th The Queen's Lancers.
Tempest-Hicks was the son of Brigadier-General Henry Tempest Hicks of Monken Hadley who served with distinction in the South African War. [3] Charles Tempest-Hicks died in action at Warvillers during the First World War and is buried at the Longueau British Cemetery in Somme. A memorial to him by William Hamo Thornycroft exists inside St Mary's church, Monken Hadley. [4] He was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Military Cross and French Croix de Guerre.
He was educated at Ludgrove School [5] and then Harrow School and Sandhurst, the latter for whom he played cricket. [6]