HEYWOOD, JOSEPH
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Lance Serjeant
3387389
27/09/1944
37
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.
