Hawkins Herbert Arthur Pte 14424854
Personnel Entry
Name Hawkins Herbert Arthur
Army number 14424854
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
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 Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade On being posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known, other than the injuries which caused his death.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action 27-Jun-44. Interred initially at Brettevillette - map reference 7F/1 1/50000 884/649. Re-buried 17/7/1945 in Grave IV.A.8. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux. Headstone inscription reads "Only those who lose, Can tell the pain, Of parting without farewell. Mum, dad, Jean and John."
Home address Son of Herbert Robert and Janet Hawkins, Pinner, Middlesex.
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