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|Surname and forenames=Hawthornthwaite Leslie
|Surname and forenames=Hawthornthwaite Leslie
|Army number=4457203
|Army number=4457203
|Rank=Pte
|Rank=Private.
|Date of birth=Born 1917/18.
|Date of birth=Born 1917/18.
|Age=22
|Age=22 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Summer/Autumn 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  Previously reported missing 21/5/40, now reported KILLED in ACTION Category "A" 20/5/40, Authority Casualty L., WOL/MC/OR/16435/ dated 12/7/43, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Summer/Autumn 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Previously reported missing 21/5/40, now reported KILLED in ACTION Category "A" 20/5/40, Authority Casualty L., WOL/MC/OR/16435/ dated 12/7/43, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
|Company/Battery=B Company.
|Home address=Son of George Alfred and Jane Hawthornthwaite.  Commemorated Column 91, Dunkirk Memorial.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40. No known grave
|Home address=Son of George Alfred and Jane Hawthornthwaite.  Commemorated Column 91, [[DUNKIRK MEMORIAL]].
|Source table=1TS
|Source table=1TS
|Platoon or other sub-unit=A/Tk 3/40
|Platoon or other sub-unit=A/Tk 3/40

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Name Hawthornthwaite Leslie
Army number 4457203
Rank Private.
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1917/18.
Age 22 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Summer/Autumn 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Previously reported missing 21/5/40, now reported KILLED in ACTION Category "A" 20/5/40, Authority Casualty L., WOL/MC/OR/16435/ dated 12/7/43, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit A/Tk 3/40
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40. No known grave
Home address Son of George Alfred and Jane Hawthornthwaite. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Source table 1TS

Dunkirk Memorial
Dunkirk Memorial