Hinks, Frank Griffiths

Age: 34
Date of birth: 26th April 1910

Parents: Frank Ernest and Ellen Hinks
Wife: Elsie Hinks
Address: 120 Avon Street, Warwick

Occupation:

Frank was born in Warwick on 26th April 1910. He was the second youngest of six children. He had four sisters Lydia (1899-1969), Annie (1900-1986), Mary Ellen (1904-1988) and Gwendoline (1912-1984). His brother was John (1902-1959).

According to the census of 1911 Frank aged 11 months was living with his family at 110 Avon Street, Warwick. His father, also Frank (1871-1946), was a coach painter. His mother Ellen (1878-1959) nee Griffiths was from Ludlow.

By 1921 Frank, aged 11, and his parents and five siblings had moved further down the road, to 120 Avon Street, Warwick. Frank’s father was working as a coach painter for the Eagle Engineering Company.

Frank married Elsie Higgins in Warwick in 1938. In 1939 they were living at 6 Friar’s Court, Warwick and Frank was a bricklayer. They had two children – a daughter born in 1941 and a son born in 1943.

Warwick Advertiser 6th July 1945

Elsie died in 2001 aged 82.

 

 

Military Service

Rank & Number: Gunner, 14376899
Regiment/Service: Anti Tank Regiment (5th Battalion) Royal Artillery
Brigade/Division:
Date of death: 2nd July 1944
Cause of death/Battle: Died of wounds in Normandy
Commemorated/Buried: Buried in Sequeville-en-Bessin War Cemetery, Calvados, France. I. C. 8.
Awards:
Commemorated locally at: All Saints Church, Emscote

Frank was reported as wounded the day before he died. He is buried in Calvados, France:

Contributors

  • Unlocking Warwick Research Group
  • Warwick Advertiser excerpt courtesy of Warwickshire County Record Office

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