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Sergeant WILLIAM ERNEST HAWKSWORTH

Service Number: 961437
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY

Sec. U.U. Grave 433.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hilda Hawksworth, and stepson of George Dalby, of Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription DEEP ARE THE MEMORIES THAT WILL NEVER FADE OF A DEARLY LOVED SON
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Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY
Leicestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 275
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