Leonard George Hawkins

1907 - 1944  (37 years)

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

  
  

  Father	Albert Hawkins,   b. 17 Feb 1859, Corsham, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 5 Sep 1927, 37, Nightingale Place, Woolwich, Kent, England  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Inwood,   b. 10 Feb 1861, Rainham, Kent, England ,   d. 14 Dec 1943, Park Hospital, Hither Green, Kent, England  (Age 82 years)
  Married	13 Jul 1927	Woolwich Register Office, Kent, England   [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 ,   d. 27 Feb 1984, Greenwich District, Kent, England  (Age 75 years)
  Married	20 Dec 1930	All Saints, Woolwich, Kent, England   [3, 4]
  Witnesses	G.E.Brown & L.Tucker  [1]
  Children	1. Brian Hawkins,   b. 31 Dec 1937, British Hospital, Woolwich, Kent, England ,   d. 7 Apr 2005, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2016
  Family ID	F123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Mar 1907 - Woolwich, Kent, England Occupation - Journeyman Plumber - 1930 - Woolwich, Kent, England Occupation - Household Plumber - 1939 - Woolwich, Kent, England Died - 7 Aug 1944 - France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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

  
  

• 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

  [S12] Marriage Certificate. [S497] 1939 UK Register (Reliability: 3). [S58] Ancestry.co.uk, Complete BMD (Reliability: 3). [S12] Marriage Certificate (Reliability: 3).