Basic Details
Surname
Fawcett
Forenames
Herbert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was not married and worked for the shoe shop Freeman, Hardy and Willis before enlisting in 1940. He had served in India and the Middle East before he was killed in Italy. He is not named on the lamp but is on the Roll: his death was reported in the local press on 23rd September 1944: CWGC gives exact date and his burial details.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Italy
Country of burial
Italy
Town of burial
Gradara
Cemetery
War Cemetery
Year of death
1944
Month of death
September
Day of death
1
Age at death
29
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action