5338194 Private Rodney Desmond George HAWES, 4th Wiltshire Regiment: 14/4/45

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Remembering Today:

    HAWES, RODNEY DESMOND GEORGE

    Rank:Private
    Service No:5338194
    Date of Death:14/04/1945
    Age:26
    Regiment/Service:Wiltshire Regiment 4th Bn.
    Grave Reference: 12. L. 20.
    Cemetery:RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
    Additional Information:Son of Frederick Arthur and Minnie Hawes, of Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire.
    http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2047453/HAWES, RODNEY DESMOND GEORGE
     
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  2. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/war-diaries/detail/19216

    1945-04-14
    Regiment. 4th Wiltshire
    Location Germany
    Entry [Nos14-15] During these two days many enemy stragglers were rounded up from nearby woods, none of them causing any trouble. There were also cases of Germans who deserted from the army voluntarily giving themselves up.
     
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  3. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    His listing in the battalion history says.

    5338194 Private R. Hawes 14.4.45 A Company

    His number is a Royal Berks one.

    Royal Berkshire Regiment 5328001 - 5373000
    I wonder if he was one of the 5th Berks chaps who were posted to the Wilts .
    Chris Tarrants Dad was posted to 5th Wilts .
     
  4. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

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