HICKS Clifford Waldron

1922 - 1944  (22 years)

• Name	HICKS Clifford Waldron
  Born	9 May 1922	London, Middlesex ONT   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	20 May 1923	Centralia, Huron ONT   [2]
  Military	Served during WWII as No. J26912, Flight Lieutenant (Typhoon 1B Pilot), 440 Squadron, RCAF.
  	Killed in Action: 8 Aug 1944. Lest We Forget.
  Buried	Aug 1944	Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Cintheaux, Calvados FRA   [3]
  	Cemetery Location XII.H.1. Also remembered with a monument at the village church at Ussy, Calvados, France which is the nearest village, to the south-east of where he died and a headstone in the Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Huron Co. ONT.
  Died	8 Aug 1944	Clair-Tizon, Calvados FRA   [4]
  	Age: 22y
  	Killed in Action, while on Active Service flying Typhoon 1B aircraft with 440 Squadron, RCAF. Lest We Forget.
  Person ID	I24598	The Relatives of F.L. WALTER
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	HICKS Byron Erastus,   b. 4 Feb 1877, Stephen Twp., Huron ONT ,   d. 25 Feb 1932, Lucan, Middlesex ONT  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	ESSERY Elizabeth Loretta Christina,   b. 25 Nov 1882, Centralia, Huron ONT ,   d. 7 Feb 1969, Toronto, York ONT  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F7992	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	FORBES Agnes Isabel,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F8003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Four images of No. J26912, Flight Lieutenant (Typhoon 1B Pilot) Clifford Waldron HICKS (1922-1944), 440 Squadron, RCAF taken during WWII. Lest We Forget.
  		Portrait of No. J26912, Flight Lieutenant (Typhoon 1B Pilot), Clifford Waldron HICKS (1922-1944), 440 Squadron, RCAF

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		Headstone of No. J26912, Flight Lieutenant, Clifford Waldron HICKS (1922-1944), 440 Squadron, RCAF. KIlled in action 8 Aug 1944 at Claire-Tizon, Calvados FRA
  		Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery The burial place of No. J26912, Flight Lieutenant (Typhoon 1B Pilot), Clifford Waldron HICKS (1922-1944), 440 Squadron, RCAF. Killed in Action at Claire-Tizon, Calvados FRA on 8 Aug 1944. Lest We Forget.
  		Headstone commemorating the sacrifice of Flight Lieutenant (Typhoon 1B pilot) Clifford Waldron HICKS, 440 Squadron, RCAF. This headstone is situated in Exeter Cemetery, Huron Co. ONT. He is actually buried in the Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Cintheaux, Calvados FRA. Lest We Forget.
  		A memorial erected in memory of No. J26912, Flight Lieutenant Clifford Waldron HICKS, 440 Squadron, RCAF in the Ussy Churchyard, Ussy, Calvados FRA. Ussy appears to be the nearest village to the site of the aircraft accident. The remains of Flight Lieutenant HICKS are interred at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Cintheaux, Calvados, FRA.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10458] ZZ Place Record: London, Middlesex ONT, Place Rec Id [P13578]. [S4981] ZZ Place Record: Centralia, Huron ONT, Place Rec Id [P6305]. [S5009] ZZ Place Record: Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Cintheaux, Calvados FRA, Place Rec Id [P6347]. [S5062] ZZ Place Record: Clair-Tizon, Calvados FRA, Place Rec Id [P6425].