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Military service
Service number:
B/66535
Age:
27
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
February 3, 1915
Muskoka, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
G. 63.
Additional information
Son of Alfred Lynn Howick of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Joyce Eleanor Ethel Howick of Surrey, Epsom, England. Father of David Alfred Lynn.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.
Digital gallery of Corporal Darcy Lynn Howick
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Cemetery
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
A picture of his Grave at Dieppe with a Royal Regiment of Canada flag.<P> Taken on the 60th Anniversary of the Dieppe Raid (19 Aug 2002) -
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens)
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 83 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (HAUTOT-SUR-MER) Seine-Maritime, France
From the centre of Dieppe take the Avenue Gambetta and Avenue des Canadiens. Head along the N27 out of Dieppe in the direction of Rouen until the first roundabout where there is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission sign. Go across the roundabout and continue until you reach a second roundabout. Take the first turning right where there is another CWGC sign. Continue until Chemin des Jonquilles, a road on the left. The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery is on the right of this road and is clearly visible.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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