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Military service
Service number:
H/195
Age:
32
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.
Division:
2nd Armd. Regt.
Death:
May 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIII. D. 16.
Additional information
Son of Albert F. and Winifred M. E. Hawkins; husband of Ethel Mabel Hawkins, of Port Arthur, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Trooper Lionel Meredith Hawkins
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Entrance
Entrance - Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice - Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of LIONEL MEREDITH HAWKINS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Biography
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Paying respects
Sgt Keith Stanley Gates, 5th Armoured Division, Signals stands behind his 1st cousin Lionel Meredith Hawkins grave in Italy in 1944. This may have been temporary as he now rests in Cassino War Cemetery. This picture comes from the collection of KS Gates.
Digital gallery of
Trooper Lionel Meredith Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Trooper Lionel Meredith Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Trooper Lionel Meredith Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Trooper Lionel Meredith Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Trooper Lionel Meredith Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Trooper Lionel Meredith Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Trooper Lionel Meredith Hawkins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 331 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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