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Charles Robert Reeves Hickey

In memory of:

Captain Charles Robert Reeves Hickey

October 3, 1918

Military Service

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Division:

204th Sqdn. 61st Wing

Citation(s):

Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar, London Gazette, 2 November 1918

Additional Information

Born:

September 10, 1897
Nanaimo, British Columbia

Enlistment:

March 17, 1916
Victoria, British Columbia

Son of Major Robert Hume Fayrer Hickey (11th Canadian Mounted Rifles) and Charlotte Emily (nee Reeves) Hickey, of Parksville, British Columbia. Brother of Jennett and Elsie. He was a farmer and single. "He has been engaged in numerous air battles with marked success during a period of twelve months. On a recent occasion, he flew to the assistance of one of our machines which was being pressed by two enemy machines and succeeded in destroying one of them." DFC citation, London Gazette, 3 August 1918 and A very determined air fighter who has destroyed seven enemy machines and brought down nine completely out of control during the past three months. His skill and initiative as a flight commander have made his flight very successful. Last month he destroyed two machines and brought down two more out of control in one day, and the remainder of his flight, at the same time succeeded in dispersing several more enemy aircraft without sustaining any casualties."

Commemorated on Page 588 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

II. K. 12.

Location:

COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY is located 1 km beyond the village of Koksijde on the N396 towards De Panne. From Koksijde Dorp the N396 Houtsaegerlaan crosses the Zeelaan and at the same time changes its name to Robert Vandammestraat. The cemetery is about 1 Km along the Robert Vandammestraat N369, on the right-hand side.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of September 14, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y242uvic/mode/1up?view=theater. Note that Captain Hickey's regimental number while serving with the C.E.F. was 116725.

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of September 14, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y242uvic/mode/1up?view=theater. Note that Captain Hickey's regimental number while serving with the C.E.F. was 116725.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of October 10, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y265uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of October 10, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y265uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Photo of Charles Robert R. Hickey– Major Charles Robert Reeves Hickey in RAF Uniform. (Photograph courtesy of Vancouver Island Military Museum Society).

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    Photo of Charles Robert R. Hickey – Major Charles Robert Reeves Hickey in RAF Uniform. (Photograph courtesy of Vancouver Island Military Museum Society).

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