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Stoker 1St Class WILLIAM HAKIN

Service Number: LT/KX131407
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Patrol Service

H.M.S. Europa.

Date of Death

Died 22 June 1945

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER-LE-STREET (ROPERY LANE) CEMETERY

Sec. 1. Grave 10.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Annie Hakin husband of Sadie Irene Hakin, of Chester-le-Street.
  • Personal Inscription A SMILING FACE A HEART OF GOLD NO DEARER HUSBAND THIS WORLD COULD HOLD
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Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER-LE-STREET (ROPERY LANE) CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 49
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