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Squadron Leader WILLIAM ALFRED HAWKES

Service Number: 48387
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1945

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELY IBRAHIM WAR CEMETERY

1. J. 15.

Algeria

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Three times Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Alma and Annie Maude Elizabeth Hawkes; husband of Iris Rose Hawkes, of Gillingham, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND AND LYNDON'S DADDY "EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS"
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Buried or commemorated at

DELY IBRAHIM WAR CEMETERY
Algeria
Number of casualties: 530
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