HAWKINS, Frederick

Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Northamptonshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5885298
P.O.W. number: 
229455
Born: 
Friday, May 23, 1919
Birthplace: 
London

Frederick Hawkins, a Sprayer from London enlisted on 2 May 1939. He volunteered for the commandos and was attached to No.2 Commando. Reported missing believed killed whilst with 3 Troop at Salerno, Italy, later found to be a prisoner of war. Captured 10 September 1943 whilst patrolling the Eastern slopes of Liberatore Hill with Privates Brinkley and Armitage.

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/ 69.
Salerno casualties document [Linked Content below].
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/168/151.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/138/1.
 

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