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|Surname and forenames=Hawkins Herbert Arthur
 
|Surname and forenames=Hawkins Herbert Arthur
 
|Army number=14424854
 
|Army number=14424854
|Rank=Pte
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|Rank=Private.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1925/26.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1925/26.
|Age=18
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|Age=18 at the time of his death.
|Unit=General Service Corps - no enlistment date as yet.  Transferred to the Black Watch, posted 1 TS.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION NW Europe 27/6/44, Serial No. 440, S/419 17/8/44.
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|Unit=Conscripted in to the General Service Corps - no enlistment date as yet.  Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to the Black Watch and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION NW Europe 27/6/44, Serial No. 440, S/419 17/8/44.
 
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
 
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44.
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|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44.  Buried Grave IV.A.8. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux.
|Home address=Son of Herbert Robert and Janet Hawkins, Pinner, Middlesex.  Buried Grave IV.A.8. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux.
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|Home address=Son of Herbert Robert and Janet Hawkins, Pinner, Middlesex.   
 
|Image Name=Hawkins_H_A_1_TS.JPG
 
|Image Name=Hawkins_H_A_1_TS.JPG
 
|Image Title=Pte H A Hawkins' CWGC headstone.
 
|Image Title=Pte H A Hawkins' CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Revision as of 16:32, 18 November 2025

Personnel Entry

Pte H A Hawkins' CWGC headstone.
Pte H A Hawkins' CWGC headstone.

Name Hawkins Herbert Arthur
Army number 14424854
Rank Private.
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1925/26.
Age 18 at the time of his death.
Unit Conscripted in to the General Service Corps - no enlistment date as yet. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to the Black Watch and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION NW Europe 27/6/44, Serial No. 440, S/419 17/8/44.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 27-Jun-44. Buried Grave IV.A.8. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux.
Home address Son of Herbert Robert and Janet Hawkins, Pinner, Middlesex.
Source table 1TS