Joseph Thomas Leslie Hicks
Service number
P/KX 88328
Military unit
HMS Drake II Royal Navy
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
26 Aug 1916
Date of death
30 Apr 1941 (24 years old)
Place of birth
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
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Family history
Son of Thomas and Mable Hicks of 23 Pickard Street, Mansfield.
Married Hilda Curzon in 1939. In 1939 Hilda was living with her mother at 55 Alcock Street, Mansfield and she was working in the shoe trade.
Military history
On CWGC Leslie is recorded as Joseph Thomas Leslie as he is on other official records.
HMS Drake II was a shore establishment at Devonport, Plymouth, situated next to the dockyard.
Plymouth was subjected to months of bombardment from 6th July 1940 to 30th April 1941. Leslie died on the last day of the bombing.
Extra information
Buried at Nottingham Road Cemetery, Mansfield, grave 12693.
Photographs
No photos