William Richard Hawkey

The son of Harry and Dorothy, he married Gwendoline M Curtis in 1938 and in 1939 is living with her family at East Street.

In July 1943 William pleaded guilty to stealing 20 sheets of corrugated iron to the value of £5 12s 2d and a quantity of timber worth 10s, the property of the Government. It was reported that he had recently resigned from the "Home Guard" due to work commitments. He had been issued with certain stores and had used the surplus to build a pig stye on his allotment. The materials had been delivered to his house in April 1942 and had been there ever since so he thought he would make use of it. He had never been in trouble before and would have bought it but the "Home Guard" had no power to sell it. The Defendant was fined £3 and told to return the materials.