Antony Howard Hollingsworth

Antony Howard Hollingsworth married Hazel Lilian Kerr in Northern Ireland before his death while serving during the Battle of Normandy on 8th July 1944.

Lieutenant

Antony Howard Hollingsworth

299319

Lieutenant Antony Howard Hollingsworth served in 2/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment during the Battle of Normandy that followed the D-Day Landings.

Lieutenant Antony Howard Hollingsworth (299319) served in 2/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment during the Second World War. He was the son of Fred Hollingsworth and Winifred Mabel Hollingsworth (née Hughes) of Newcastle upon Tyne, Cumberland, and the husband of Hazel Lilian Hollingsworth (née Kerr) of Belfast

Antony Howard Hollingsworth died on 8th July 1944 aged 26 years old. His grave is in Row B, Grave 17 of Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery, Cambes, Normandy, France. His headstone bears the inscription:

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

References
  1. Ancestry
  2. Commonwealth War Graves
  3. Fallen Heroes of Normandy