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Frank Griffiths Hinks
Beloved son of the above
Died of wounds at Caen
Normandy 2nd July 1944
Aged 34 years
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Warwick Cemetery
Warwickshire
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Frank Griffiths
Hinks
26th April 1910
Warwick, Warwickshire
2nd July 1944
Died from wounds received in action in the advance towards Caen in Normandy, France
34
Secqueville-en-Bessin, Calvados, France
Second World War
Gunner
86 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery
The 86 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery was converted from the 5th Battalion Devonshire Regiment. I believe the unit arrived on Juno Beach on D-Day
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