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Squad Leader WILLIAM EDWARD HOWKINS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Home Guard

47th Warwickshire (Post Office) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 November 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUTTON COLDFIELD CEMETERY

Sec. C. Cons. Grave 2420.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Leonard Thomas Howkins and Elizabeth Howkins, of Sutton Coldfield.
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Buried or commemorated at

SUTTON COLDFIELD CEMETERY
Warwickshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 47
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