HEYWOOD, JOSEPH
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Lance Serjeant
3387389
27/09/1944
35
Kings Own Scottish Borderers 6th Bn.
II. D. 12.
He gave his life for those he loved
and those he loved remember
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Son of Thomas and Ellen Heywood, of Blackburn, Lancashire; husband of Florence Heywood, of Blackburn.
Joseph was a father of 4 children. He enlisted in 1939 with the 5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment and fought with this regiment in Normandy. In August 1944 the 5th Bn. was disbanded because of shortage of manpower. Early September Joseph was transfered to the 6th Bn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers.
Died of wounds in the fieldhospital at the village of Meerveldhoven where he was initially buried.
Original gravesite at Meerveldhoven.
From surviving service records, the following outline of Joseph Heywood’s life and military service can be reconstructed.
Joseph Heywood was born on 5 November 1908 in St Mark’s, Blackburn, Lancashire. Before enlistment he worked as a wire drawer. He married Florrie Bramford in Blackburn on 28 July 1930, and together they had four children. His physical description records him as being 5 feet 6½ inches tall, with pale blue eyes and dark hair.
He enlisted in the British Army on 27 April 1939 and joined the East Lancashire Regiment. On 1 September 1944 he was transferred to the King’s Own Scottish Borderers.
Joseph Heywood died of wounds on 27 September 1944.
