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Lance Bombardier ERNEST HAWKSLEY

Service Number: 1078899
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

65 (The Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt

Date of Death

Died 27 November 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

7. A. 14.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elliss and Sophia Hawksley, of Wakefield, Yorkshire; husband of Charlotte Hawksley, of Wakefield.
  • Personal Inscription GOD KEEP YOU IS OUR PRAYER, WHEREVER WE GO YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE. LOVING WIFE AND SON
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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