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|Date of birth=Not yet known | |Date of birth=Not yet known | ||
|Age=25 at the time of his death. | |Age=25 at the time of his death. | ||
|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment. Posted to 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Killed in Action 6/9/1944. | |Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment. Posted to 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Normandy. Killed in Action 6/9/1944. | ||
|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed. | |Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed. | ||
|Task or role=Not known | |Task or role=Not known | ||
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known | |Joined Brigade=Not yet known | ||
|Promotions= | |Promotions=None known beyond Sergeant. | ||
|Wounded=Not as far as is known. | |Wounded=Not as far as is known. | ||
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. | |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=Killed in Action 6/9/1944. Buried in Fontenay Churchyard (the only casualty interred there) on the South side of the Church, opposite the tower. | |Died/Killed in action=Killed in Action 6/9/1944. Buried in Fontenay Churchyard (the only casualty interred there) on the South side of the Church, opposite the tower. (The village is some eight miles from Le Havre and not to be confused with Fontenay le Pesnel). Inscription - "DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED. CALLED HOME BY GOD, HIS DUTY DONE". The Graves Registration report which confirms his burial in the Churchyard is dated 20/1/1955. No mention on his CWGC record is made of an initial interment so it is assumed his grave is in its original location. | ||
|Home address=Son of Ronald Martin Hilburn and Annie Louise Hilburn; husband of Betty Eileen Hilburn, of Felpham, Sussex. | |Home address=Son of Ronald Martin Hilburn and Annie Louise Hilburn; husband of Betty Eileen Hilburn, of Felpham, Sussex. | ||
|Image Name=Martin_Ronald_HILBURN.jpg | |Image Name=Martin_Ronald_HILBURN.jpg | ||
Latest revision as of 14:15, 14 October 2026
Personnel Entry
Name Hilburn Martin Ronald
Army number 6207032
Rank Sergeant
Decorations Not known
Date of birth Not yet known
Age 25 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment. Posted to 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Normandy. Killed in Action 6/9/1944.
Company/Battery Not yet confirmed.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not known
Joined Brigade Not yet known
Promotions None known beyond Sergeant.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Killed in Action 6/9/1944. Buried in Fontenay Churchyard (the only casualty interred there) on the South side of the Church, opposite the tower. (The village is some eight miles from Le Havre and not to be confused with Fontenay le Pesnel). Inscription - "DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED. CALLED HOME BY GOD, HIS DUTY DONE". The Graves Registration report which confirms his burial in the Churchyard is dated 20/1/1955. No mention on his CWGC record is made of an initial interment so it is assumed his grave is in its original location.
Home address Son of Ronald Martin Hilburn and Annie Louise Hilburn; husband of Betty Eileen Hilburn, of Felpham, Sussex.
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Thanks are due to the Find a Grave Website for access to the image of Sergeant HILBURN's headstone.