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L/Cpl. Norman Hawling
British Army 16th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Grotten, Oldham, Lancs.
(d.4th April 1918)
Norman Hawling is my uncle and he was one of three Hawling brothers who fought in the Great War. He was serving attached to the 5th Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry when he lost his life.
His brother Thomas Albert known as Bert was commissioned as a 2nd Lt and he died whilst serving with the 9th Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on the 4th of November 1917. He was a Pharmacist, his father was head Pharmacist at Oldham Royal Infirmary and the family also had a chemists shop in Yorkshire Street which Norman ran. The third brother, my Uncle Cyril Hawling, was in the Medical Corps. He was gassed and returned home an invalid. He never worked again although he served as a wireless operator for the Post Office during WW2. My grandfather was so devastated by the loss of two sons that he retired.
