Basic Details
Surname
Helliwell
Forenames
D
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
David
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. Married to Constance Carrie, with a daughter, he worked as an agent for the Prudential but also trained as a motor engineer so, when he volunteered in 1940, he worked first in Morecombe as a civilian engineer and then was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1941. He died of heart failure and is also commemorated on IWM 2673. The press said he was 35 but the family gave says 34.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
India
Town of death
Calcutta
Country of burial
India
Town of burial
Bhowanipore
Year of death
1944
Month of death
August
Day of death
5
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease