Micklem was born
Edward Robert Micklem on 5 June 1891 in Chingford, Essex, the son of
Leonard Micklem of Abbot's Mead at Elstree in Hertfordshire, by his second wife, Nanette Fenwick. He was the younger brother of Brigadier-General John Micklem DSO MC and half-brother of the Very Rev
Philip Micklem. Micklem joined the Royal Navy in 1903 and served for two years in the submarine service during the First World War. ==Vickers and Second World War==