Leonard George Hawkins

Male 1907 - 1944  (37 years)


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  • Name Leonard George Hawkins 
    Born 18 Mar 1907  Woolwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1930  Woolwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Journeyman Plumber 
    Occupation 1939  Woolwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Household Plumber 
    Military 1944 
    Private, 4th. Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment 
    _UID 8C0C2F89AC8848CC93FD597A69DD8B9E6AC9 
    Died 7 Aug 1944  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Bayeux War Cemetery, Calvados, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I339  Smithtree
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2016 

    Father Albert Hawkins,   b. 17 Feb 1859, Corsham, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1927, 37, Nightingale Place, Woolwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Inwood,   b. 10 Feb 1861, Rainham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1943, Park Hospital, Hither Green, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 13 Jul 1927  Woolwich Register Office, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Witnesses E.W.(?) Taylor & N.(?) McCabe  [1
    Family ID F107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phyllis Emma Pelham,   b. 10 Jan 1909, Woolwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1984, Greenwich District, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 20 Dec 1930  All Saints, Woolwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Witnesses G.E.Brown & L.Tucker  [1
    Children 
     1. Brian Hawkins,   b. 31 Dec 1937, British Hospital, Woolwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 2005, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2016 
    Family ID F123  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Mar 1907 - Woolwich, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Journeyman Plumber - 1930 - Woolwich, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Household Plumber - 1939 - Woolwich, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Aug 1944 - France Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos

    Mum with her (favourite) uncle, George. He was killed in France on 7th. August 1944 and I'm adding this on the 11th. November 2020. I was thinking of him at 11 o'clock this morning.
    Uncle George, Aunt Phil and Brian
    Uncle George, Aunt Phil and Brian

  • Notes 
    • Died during the Second World War
      In Memory of
      LEONARD GEORGE HAWKINS
      Private
      6354613
      4th Bn., Wiltshire Regiment
      who died on
      Monday, 7th August 1944. Age 37.
      Additional Information: Son of Frederick and Mary Ann Hawkins; husband of Phyllis Emma Hawkins, of Lee, London.


      Commemorative Information
      Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France
      Grave Reference/
      Panel Number: XXVI. F. 22.

      Location: The town of Bayeux, in Normandy, lies 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. Bayeux War Cemetery is situated in the south-western outskirts of the town on the by-pass, which is named Rue de Sir Fabian Ware. On the opposite side of the road stands the Bayeux Memorial.


      Historical Information: Bayeux was the first French town of importance to be liberated from the Germans in June 1944. The are now over 4,100, 1939-45 Commonwealth war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 338 are unidentified casualties. Also commemorated here are 7 non-world war and more than 500 Foreign National war casualties.



  • Sources 
    1. [S12] Marriage Certificate.

    2. [S497] 1939 UK Register (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S58] Ancestry.co.uk, Complete BMD (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S12] Marriage Certificate (Reliability: 3).