Name
Horace Fowkes
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
19/04/1945
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Driver
T/255605
Royal Army Service Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HITCHIN CEMETERY
S.E. Extn. Grave 1030.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, St. Mark’s Church Memorial, Hitchin, Hitchin Roll of Honour 1939 – 1945 (Book) St Mary’s Church, Hitchin
Biography
He was born in Bedfordshire and at the time of his enlistment was resident in Hertfordshire being the landlord of the Cricketers Public House, Bedford Rd, Hitchin. He joined up in 1941 having served in the Home Guard. His Service Number was T/255605 and he was a driver in the Royal Army Service Corps. He went to Europe in September 1944. He became ill in January 1945 and was in hospital in both France and Belgium He was flown back from Belgium to the Morriston Emergency Hospital in Swansea where he died after an operation.
He is buried in Grave 1030 south east extension at Hitchin Cemetery.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines – ‘Hitchin’s Century of Sacrifice’, Paul Johnson - local historian, Herts Pictorial dated 1st May 1945
