On our doorstep part 1&2

ON 0UR DOORSTEP Article from the "Colchester Gazette" dated Wednesday October 18th 1944

Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 8. H. 55.. Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY. He is commemorated on his parents parents’ grave in Saint Mary’s churchyard. DIED I TRAI I G

HAWES, Hector ector MacDonald: Private: Pioneer Corps: Date of Death: 23/02/1941 Service No: 13041072 Further details not known

1939-1945 1945 STAR; 1939-1945 WAR MEDAL: DEFENCE MEDAL Page 150 of 156

On our doorstep part 1&2

Published on Jan 17, 2014

Tollesbury - Village of the Plough and Sail

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On Our Doorstep - the sequel to 'If you shed a tear'. This publication tells the WWII story of the men from the villages around the coast, south of Colchester (Abberton, Langenhoe, Fingringhoe, Rowhedge, Peldon, Little and Great Wigborough, Salcott, Tollesbury, Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Tolleshunt Knights and Tolleshunt Major). World War 2 was much closer to home; the German airfields were only 60 miles away and the villages were on the direct flight path to London. As a result our losses include a number of men, who did not serve in uniform but were at sea with the fishing fleet or the Merchant N avy. These men were lost with the vessels operating in what was known as “Bomb Alley” which also took a toll on the Royal N avy’s patrol craft, who shepherded convoys up the east coast with its threats from: - mines, dive bombers, e- boats and destroyers.

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