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Clifford Waldron Hicks

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Clifford Waldron Hicks

August 8, 1944
Village Claire-Tizon, France

Military Service

Service Number:

J/26912

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

440 Sqdn.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 1 January 1945.

Additional Information

Son of Byron Erastus Hicks and Loretta (nee Essery) Hicks; husband of Agnes Isobel (nee Forbes) Hicks, of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Brother of Stanley, Dorothy and Mildred.

Commemorated on Page 334 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

XII. H. 1.

Location:

This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– Flight Lieutenant Clifford Waldron Hicks is also remembered in Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, ON - September 2017 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Lieutenant Clifford Waldron Hicks is also remembered in Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, ON - September 2017 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Cemetery– Exeter Cemetery - September 2017 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cemetery – Exeter Cemetery - September 2017 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Cenotaph– Flight Lieutenant Clifford Waldron Hicks is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cenotaph – Flight Lieutenant Clifford Waldron Hicks is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Cenotaph – Flight Lieutenant Clifford Waldron Hicks is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Memorial grave marker for Clifford Hicks, located in an Exeter, Ontario, cemetery. (Photo by Capt M. O'Leary, The RCR)

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    Memorial – Memorial grave marker for Clifford Hicks, located in an Exeter, Ontario, cemetery. (Photo by Capt M. O'Leary, The RCR)

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