| Notes: | CMP. He was born and resided in Nottingham. 16/12/44 Died. War Diary 185 Company, Ports, WO 171/3380. 16/12/44 He was killed when the Company HQ was hit by a V2 Rocket, killing RSM Southon, L/Cpl's Acford, Bunce, Duke, Jones, Nisbet, Toyne, Thompson and Yates. War Diary WO 171/7825. 22/5/45 relatives of the dead received £11, collected by the Company. Casualty List 1647, Western Europe, Killed in Action, 16/12/1944 Inscription on gravestone: To live in hearts we love is not to die.
Joseph Hedley Ted Hawkins.
Extract from the Nottingham Journal, 8/1/45. East Kirby Man Killed in Action.
Mrs E Marlow of 60, Oxford Street, East Kirby, has received news that her brother L/Cpl Joseph Hedley Carter Hawkins, who resided with her, has been killed in action in Western Europe. Aged 37, deceased, prior to the war was engaged as a building contractor, being in partnership with Mr C Gilbert. He was a regular player at Coxmoor Golf Club. He was in the Corps of Military Police and went to France on D Day. |
BELGIUM
