HANKINSON, Edward

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Service: 
Army
Number: 
872760
Died : 
Wednesday, July 14, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
21
Cemetery/Memorial: 

Private Edward Hankinson died during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). Son of John and Zillah Hankinson, of Bentley, Yorkshire.

Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.

Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
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