THE VILLAGERS OF COLLINGHAM AND LINTON WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR TWO

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Heydon, Denise Rosemary
(1920-?)
 
Full World War 2 medal rolls are not yet available. Where medal ribbons shown, those are the awards we believe would have been awarded, taken from information on the service records or surviving medal cards. Where no ribbons are shown we do not have any information on medal entitlement. We apologise if there are errors in the awards shown.

Rank and Unit at End of World War Two

Rank

Service Number W/116870

Service Army

Battalion

Regiment Auxilliary Territorial Service (ATS) or WRAC

Biography

Family Background

On the 4th June 1918 Lieutenant Frank Heydon married Doris Mary Hardacre at St. Barnabas Church in Mitcham, Surrey. Frank was from Stockport and Doris from Mitcham. Their marriage certificate tells us that Frank was a Lieutenant in the Army but does not give his regiment, but a Lieut Frank Haydon [note different spelling] was in the Lancaster Fusiliers and this may be the same person. Just over one year after their marriage, on the 4th July 1919, Frank and Doris' first child, Reville Hardacre Heydon, was born in Stockport. Another child, a daughter Denise Rosemary Heydon followed born in Dinwick, Cheshire in 1920. At the time of the 1921 census the family were living at The Cottage, Middleton Lane, Warrington and on the night of the census, they were joined by Frank's sister-in-law and nephew. Frank was a Land Agent working at Earle Estate Office Ltd at 88 King Street, Manchester.

We know little of of Reville or Denise's early life, and the next trace of the family is in 1938 when Frank and Doris appear on the Electoral Roll for Linton, living at Midhurst, Linton and Frank, Doris and Denise were all registered in 1939 at the National Registration at Midhurst, while Reville was living in Birmingham. Reville went on to serve in the RAF and lost his life in 1944.

Service Record

Denise Rosemary Heydon served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) with a service number of W/116870. However we do not know her role, where and when she served ad when she left the army.

After the war

In 1945, Denise's parents, Frank and Doris, were still living at Midhurst in Linton, but after that date they do not appear on the electoral rolls. We have not found Denise in any records immediately following the war's end.

Biography last updated 07 July 2026 10:22:45.

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