HEEKS Bernard Ambrose

  • First Name(s):
    Bernard 
    Ambrose 
  • Surname:
    HEEKS
  • Service Number:
    2377819
  • Rank:

    Signalman

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Support Services
  • Corps:
    Royal Corps of Signals
  • Unit:
    6th Airborne Division Signals
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    12th August 1944
  • Age At Death:
    22
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Ranville War Cemetery, France, Grave IA. A. 10.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Francis Henry and Bertha Heeks, of Worcester

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HEEKS Bernard Ambrose Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Post Office Wainwright Road
Worcester Royal Grammar School

Further Information About HEEKS Bernard Ambrose

Appears on the Army casualty list for Worcestershire.

Berrow’s Worcester Journal 19th August 1944:
Signalman Bernard Ambrose Heeks, aged 22, only son of Mr and Mrs Frank Heeks, 50, St Dunstan’s Crescent, Worcester, has been killed in action with an airborne division in France. He was educated at the Worcester Royal Grammar School, and before joining the Forces, some three years ago, was employed at Worcester Post Office. He was unmarried.

The following information is taken from In Dedication to a Future World By Mark Rogers, 1999.
Bernard Heeks attended Worcester Royal Grammar School from 1933 to 1938. It is not known how he died but the 6th Airborne Division was the first British Unit to land in France by parachute and glider on D-Day.

The following information has been researched by John Barry:
1939 Register
50 St Dunstan’s Crescent Worcester
Francis H. Heeks, born 23rd March 1896, Caretaker
Bertha Heeks, born 27th March 1887, Unpaid Domestic Duties
Bernard A. Heeks, born 26th January 1922, Assistant to Pharmacist

After arriving in France, the 6th Airborne remained in the Airborne Bridgehead until Operation Paddle began on the 17th August when they began a breakout heading North East towards the River Seine.

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