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Brother laid to rest after wife confirms mistaken identityContinued from P5The Neepawa Press explained that mourners were not allowed to view the body because “it was in the water for two weeks, and more than one week en route from the scene of death.” Still, the newspaper assured readers, “the body was remarkably well preserved and the features were readily recognized by acquaintances who were permitted to view thePhoto courtesy Ralph McLeanThe headstone for the grave of Lewis Hickman who died in the Titanic disasterremains.Thus was laid to rest the remains of Leonard Hickman, an efficient English farm labourer. Had he been a state dignitary or a millionaire, there might have been more pomp, but there could not have been more genuine sorrow and respect manifested. All honour to Neepawa, the farthest west resting place (in Canada) of a Titanic hero.The body was interred in Riverside Cemetery, one of the prettiest and well-kept rural cemeteries in all of Canada. Only after the personal effects were returned to theHickman family in England did Lewis' wife, Marie, suspect that it was her husband and not Leonard who was buried in Neepawa. She identified the silver watch and chain and an amber cigarette holder as belonging to her husband. When confronted with the evidence, Honeyman confirmed her suspicions.Only after the personal effects were returned to the Hickman family in England did Lewis' wife, Marie, suspect that it was her husband and not Leonard who wasburied in NeepawaI suppose you know by this time that it was not Leonard's body that was forwarded to us here,” Honeyman wrote to Albert Hickman on May 20, 1912, “I do not know how the mistake occurred, but I am satisfied it was your bother, Lewis.”Later, the inscriptionof the tombstone, which had been erected by the citizens of Neepawa and district, was changed. It now reads:IN LOVING MEMORY OFLEWIS HICKMAN AGED 32 YRS BELOVED HUSBAND OFMARIE HICKMAN. ALSO OFLEONARD MARK HICKMANAGED 24 YRS. AND STANLEY GEORGE HICKMAN AGED 21 YRS.SONS OF HERBERT EMILYHICKMAN FRITHAM, HAUTS.ENGLAND, VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC DISASTER, APR. 15, 1912.There are also memorials to the Hickman brothers in Fritham, Free Church, New Forest Hampshire, and on a stone at St. Peter's Church, Bramshaw, New Forest, Hampshire.
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