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• Occupation: 1930, Woolwich, Kent, England; Journeyman Plumber
• Occupation: 1939, Woolwich, Kent, England; Household Plumber
• Military: 1944; Private, 4th. Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment

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.

Leonard married Phyllis Emma Pelham on 20 Dec 1930 in All Saints, Woolwich, Kent, England. Phyllis (daughter of Thomas James Pelham and Susannah Slade) was born on 10 Jan 1909 in Woolwich, Kent, England; was christened on 31 Jan 1909 in Woolwich, Kent, England; died on 27 Feb 1984 in Greenwich District, Kent, England; was buried on 8 Mar 1984 in Eltham Crematorium, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

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Brian married Living. (daughter of Herbert Frederick Symonds and Clara J. Luckie) [Group Sheet]