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Lyle Wilmot Hicks

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Lyle Wilmot Hicks

February 16, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

R/145342

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

426 Sqdn.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Dfefence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, War Medal.

Additional Information


Born:

March 25, 1920
Loreburn, Saskatchewan

Son of William H. and Verna N. Hicks, of Barrington, Illinois, U.S.A. Brother of Theodore, William Roger and Leon Lenard.

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:

HARDERWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot 1. Grave 60.

Location:

Harderwijk, on the shore of the Ijsselmeer (Zuider Zee), is 42 kilometres north-east of Utrecht and 45 kilometres north-west of Apeldoorn, just off the main Amersfoort-Zwolle road. The HARDERWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY is nearly 1 kilometre east of the centre of the town, south of the main Amersfoort-Zwolle road. The war graves are in the south-eastern part of the cemetery in two plots.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Lyle Wilmot Hicks is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Lyle Wilmot Hicks is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of Lyle Hicks– Lyle Hicks just before he went overseas
  • Photo of LYLE WILMOT HICKS– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of LYLE WILMOT HICKS– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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