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Harold Stanley Hicks

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Harold Stanley Hicks

June 25, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/155731

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

429 Sqdn. (Bison Squadron)

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Air Gunner Badge awarded 20 November 1942, Operational Wings posthumously awarded on 2 August 1946.

Additional Information

Born:

March 23, 1921
Rouleau, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

March 16, 1942
Regina, Saskatchewan

Son of Herbert Traverse and Eva Glee (née Fowler) Hicks of Rouleau, Saskatchewan. Brother of Jack Traverse, Bernece, Doris, Pauline and Lyal Herbert. He was single and listed his civilian occupation as mechanic.

Commemorated on Page 170 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

2. F. 3.

Location:

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located 30 km from Brussels and 3 km south of Leuven. Turn left out of Leuven railway station onto the Tiensevest(ring road R 23). Follow the Tiensevest through the junctions Tiensepoort and Parkpoort and along the Naamsepoort. Turn left at the Naamsepoort onto the Naamsesteenweg (N251) signposted Namen, Waver & Heverlee. Continue until you cross the railway line at Heverlee and take the first left turn into the Hertogstraat. Follow Hertogstraat to the end and turn right at the Sport Hall onto the Kerpelstraat. Continue down the Kerpelstraat until you come to a crossroads at which the HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located.

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

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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 Harold Stanley Hicks is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Harold Stanley Hicks is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Harold Stanley Hicks is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Harold Stanley Hicks is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post July 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post July 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of HAROLD STANLEY HICKS– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of HAROLD STANLEY HICKS – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Document – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Biography– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Biography – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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