Hawkins, D C

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Rifleman Douglas Charles Hawkins

Family/Last name:
Hawkins
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Douglas Charles
Nationality:
British
Service number:
6847438
Military Unit:
British Army, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Rank when captured:
Rifleman
POW number:
11952
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
Other Sources (Relative's Report)
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Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 

My name is Daniel Hawkins. 

I’m contacting you about a small brown wallet that belonged to my Granddad Joseph Hawkins. Inside his wallet were two tags from Stalag VIIIB. Nr. 11952. I believe they were my Granddads brother, my great uncle Douglas Charles Hawkins who was captured at the start of WWII and was a prisoner of war for the duration. 

Doug passed away before my grandfather so he, Joe ended up with them, my Granddad Joe passed a number of years back then I ended up with them, and I thought it would be nice if I could get confirmation/recognition that Doug was in Stalag. 

There were three other tags inside the wallet, one being brass and shaped like a house with the no. 1345 as a template, the other two joined on rope one being a red circle with Hawkins on and some sort of no. It’s apparently a fire-resistant dog tag, the other being green, apparently a waterproof dog tag. I’d love to get Uncle Doug’s name on the list. 

344 is the number of the camp (Stalag 344 was originally Stalag VIIIB but was re-numbered in 1943).

11952 was his POW number

He is shown as a Rifleman (Private) in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps.

24 shows that his records (at that time) were kept at the KRRC record office in Winchester.

 

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