HAWKARD, John Stuart
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Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit / Base:
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X 111009
Died :
Friday, September 10, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
20
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Lieutenant John Hawkard died during operations at Salerno, Italy. Son of Herbert and Florence Hawkard, of Fairhaven, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. he had been in the Royal Marines for 16 months joining up after completing one year at Queen's College Cambridge where he was studying for the ministry. He was at Rishworth School for nine years becoming head boy. A keen rugby player he was a member of Fylde Rugby Union Club.
Sources
CWGC.
[Image] Report on his death in the the Halifax Daily Courier 1st October 1943.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
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