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Spr. A. S. Hawes
British Army 30 Coy. Royal Engineers
I have a copy of Wood Finishing - A book owned by and signed Sapper A S Hawes, 30th Coy Royal Engineers, Elphinstone Barracks, Plymouth dated 2.10.16
C. H. Hawes
Canadian Army 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy.
The unit war diary records that C.H.Hawes was wounded at St Eloi by a Machine Gun bullet in his leg, whilst going to the trenches.
Pte. Charles Godfrey Hawes
British Army 7th Batt Queens Royal West Surrey
from:South Lopham, Norfolk
(d.18th Nov 1916)
Charles Godfrey Hawes died whilst storming a trench on the 18th of November 1916. He is buried in a small cemetery at Stump Road, Grandcourt.
Pte. George Edward Hawes
British Army 1st Batt Essex Regiment
from:South Lopham, Norfolk
(d.20th Nov 1917)
George Hawes was born in South Lopham. He died on 20th of November 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai where he is buried. His brother was killed almost to the day in 1916 on the 18th November.
Pte. Albert Cross Hawke
British Army 12th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Bolton
My grandfather Albert Hawke lied about his age to go to WW1 as he was too young. He fought in France and Salonika and was wounded at some point and treated by a German doctor. He chose not to speak about the war, therefore, as his granddaughter I have very few details of his war years. My grandparents migrated to Australia after his retirement and he is buried in Victoria having lived into his eighties.
Pte. Sydney Charles Hawke
British Army 604th Mechanical Transport Company Army Service Corps
from:Hayle, Cornwall
Pte. William John Hawke
British Army 10th Btn. Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
from:St.Cleer, Cornwall
(d.27th July 1916)
William Hawke joined the Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry in January 1916 and the 10th Battalion at a camp in Hayle. After a period of training the Battalion moved to Southampton 16th -17th June 1916 and crossed to Le Havre France on the SS Princess Clementine on the 19th -20th June 1916.
They moved to Viller aux Bois repairing defense works, then on the 25th July, with the 2nd Infantry Division, to Bray sur Somme near Albert and to the Front Line at Delville Wood.
On the 27th July 1916, supporting an attack by the 99th Brigade of the 2nd Division, he was killed in action. He served 37 days in France.
Pte. Frederick Hawker
British Army 7th Btn South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Birmingham
(d.9th Aug 1915)
Frederick Hawker was killed in action on 9 August 1915 and has no known grave. He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli.
Mjr. Lanoe George Hawker VC, DSO.
Royal Flying Corps 24 Sqdn
from:Eastbourne
(d.23rd Nov 1916)
Lanco hawker was killed in action on the 23rd of November 1916, aged 25. Commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial in Arras, France, he was the son of Mrs Julia Hawker, of 5 Victoria Terrace, Eastbourne and the late Lieut. Henry Colley Hawker, R.N.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 24th Aug., 1915, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and very great ability on 25th July, 1915. When flying alone he attacked three German aeroplanes in succession. The first managed eventually to escape, the second was driven to ground damaged, and the third, which he attacked at a height of about 10,000 feet, was driven to earth in our lines, the pilot and observer being killed. The personal bravery shown by this Officer was of the very highest order, as the enemy's aircraft were armed with machine guns, and all carried a passenger as well as the pilot.
Pte. Robert Harcourt Hawker
British Army 201st Btn. Machine Gun Corp
from:West Ham, London
(d.19th Jun 1919)
Private Robert Harcourt Hawker 155424 drowned on active service in the River Divina, North Russia 19th June 1919 age 19 years
Pte. Thomas Henry Hawker
British Army 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment
(d.14 April 1917)
Thomas Henry Hawker died on 14 April 1917, Arras Memorial
Pte. Frederick James Hawkes
South African Army 1st (Cape of Good Hope) Regiment
from:St. Marylebone, London
(d.24th March 1918)
Frederick Hawkes was born in Bedford on 15th January 1878, son of George and Rosamund May Hawkes. The 1911 census shows him boarding at 75 Hallam Street, St. Marylebone, London, aged 32 years employed as a Draper in a Silk Department (presume Department Store).
He served with the 1st Regiment, South African Infantry and died on 24th March 1918 aged 40 years on the Somme. He is buried in Hem Farm Military Cemetery, France He was a pupil of Bedford Modern School 1886-92, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com.
Cpl. Ernest Alfred Hawkesworth
British Army 12th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
(d.16th August 1917)
Spr. Harold Hawkin
British Army 3rd Canadian Tunnelling Company.
(d.18th June 1918)
Harold Hawkin was the 32 year old son of John Horsley and Anne Hawkin, of York and husband of Millicent Hawkin, of 4 Langdale Rd., Scarborough. He married Millie (nee Beastall) during the war. Born in York, England, in 1886, Hawkin was attested in April 1915 and embarked for France in July where he was taken on strength of 171 Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers and then transferred to the 3rd Canadian Tunnelling Company. He is commemorated on the St Paulā€™s Church War Memorial, Holgate and in The Kingā€™s Book. His medals are held by the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa and appear on their website.
Harold died on 18th of June 1918 of Erysipelas. Millie related the story that Harold had been badly gassed earlier but had been sent back into action before he had enough time to fully recover. She blamed his subsequent death on his poor health and his body's inability to fight off the infection that took his life. Harold died at No. 14 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, France and is buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France. Erysipelas is a type of skin infection usually caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria. The bacteria may travel to the blood in some cases. This results in a condition called bacteremia. The infection may spread to the heart valves, joints, and bones. Erysipelas is now a treatable disease.
Pte. Fred Hawkings
British Army 6th Btn. Dorsetshire Rgt.
from:Rockbeare
(d.27th August 1918)
Pte. Alfred Samuel Hawkins
British Army Yeomanry 1st/1st Sqd. West Somerset Yeomanry
Alfred Samuel Hawkins lied about his age and joined up in 1915 to serve with the West Somerset Yeomanry. The records say he went out on the Olympic (sister ship Titanic) to Gallipoli in August 1915 landing at Suvla Bay. He spent periods in Reserve and also on the front line eventually in January 1916 covering the British withdrawal. Like a lot of other Yeomanry regts They served as dismounted infantry but still retained cavalry ranks and organisation. The regiment was evacuated to Egypt.
Pte. A.S. Hawkins was invalided out in March 1917 through illness. We don't know if he fought at Gaza with his regimentt. His service record is missing - one of those destroyed in WW2 but his medal card exists. After the war he became a farmer eventually buying his own farm in Bitton near Bristol.
Pte Cecil Stephen Hawkins
British Army 2nd/7th Btn Duke of Wellington Regiment
from:5 Lister Street, West Hartlepool
(d.2nd Dec 1917)
Cecil Stephen Hawkins worked as a clerk prior to joining up. His family worshipped at Stranton All Saints Church where he is remembered on the Roll of Honour.
Gnr. Ernest James Hawkins
British Army 108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Middle Barton, Oxford
(d.19th Apr 1917)
Sgt. Frederick Arthur Hawkins
British Army 17th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Whitstable, Kent
Dvr. George Thomas Hawkins
14th Bde Ammunition Col.
from:Faversham, Kent,
(d.8th June 1918)
I recently found George Hawkins's death details via Ancestry. His only child, Theresa, was my grandmother. George's wife Edith Dane died 6 months later in December 1918, and Theresa was adopted by Edith's sister Emma Lufkin.
I have not been able to locate George's war records, I suspect they were destroyed like so many others in WW2, so have no evidence that he ever saw his daughter Theresa.
George was listed as a driver in RFA 14th Bde Ammunition Col. I would like to know where and what the 14th Bde was up to around the time of George's death.
Pte. George Hawkins
British Army "D" Coy. 1st Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
from:21 Trinity St, Salisbury
(d.21st Oct 1914)
George Hawkins joined the Army in 1908. His Battalion was rushed from Ireland to Mon's at the outbreak of the Great War. He took part in the Famous Mon's retreat when on 21st October 1914 the German Army launched a massive attack which resulted in most of "D" Company being either killed in action or taken prisoner. George Hawkins' body, like many others on that day, has never been found, he is remembered in our hearts and on panel 19 at the Le Touret Memorial.
His Brother William Charles Hawkins of the Wiltshire Regiment also fell in 1917.
Sgt. George Edward Hawkins MM.
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
WO2 George Henry Hawkins
British Army 17th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Whitstable, Kent
George Hawkins
British Army 1st Battalion Kings Own Royal Lancashire Regiment
from:Skipton, N. Yorks
Pte. Geroge Benjamin Hawkins
British Army 6th Btn, Border Regiment
from:138 Beaconsfield Road, Norwich
(d.29th Sep 1916)
L/Cpl. Harold Mawby Hawkins
British Army 7th Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
from:Basford, Nottingham.
(d.29th May 1916)
Harold Hawkins was killed in action on the 29th of May 1916, aged 20 and is buried in the Foncquevillers Military Cemetery in France. He was the son of Benjamin and Harriett Hawkins, of 78 Egypt Rd., Basford, Nottingham.
Cpl. Herbert Hawkins
British Army 144th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Sheffield, Yorkshire
(d.8th Oct 1917)
Corporal Herbert Hawkins served in the 144th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery. Herbert was killed on 8 October 1917 and is buried in grave VA4 at the Bard Cottage Cemetery, in the northern area of the Ypres Saliant where artillery sections such as Herberts were moved to only weeks before he died.
Herbert was 29 and the son of William and Hannah Hawkins who lived in Waleswood. The family, which included ten siblings, lived at 45 Waleswood Colliery, his father and two elder brothers, Albert and George were all coalminers. Before being sent to war Herbert was a police constable for Sheffield City police. When he died, Herbert was married to Annie Hawkins and they lived at 36 Tavistock Road, Sheffield. Herbert is also remembered on the Police and Fire War Memorial in Sheffield Cathedral and also in St. Peters Church, Abbeydale.
Cpl. Herbert Edward Bicheno Hawkins
British Army 1st/5th Btn Bedfordshire Regiment
from:109 Ebberns Road, Apsley End, Hertfordshire
(d.3rd Nov 1917)
Herbert Hawkins was the younger brother of Henrietta Elizabeth Bicheno Hawkins, my grandmother, who often talked to me about him when I was a young child. His nickname for her was Net and he looked up to her as a mother figure. Herbert was born in Finsbury Barracks, City Road, London in the spring of 1896, the son of Sergeant Major Edward Charles Hawkins of the 6th Battalion Royal Fusiliers and Henrietta Sarah Hawkins (nee Bicheno).
Herbert joined the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1914. He served as corporal but at the time of his death he was acting sergeant. On 2nd of November 1917 the battalion took part in the dawn attack on the village of Sheik Hasan on the seaward side of the town of Gaza in Palestine. The attack was successful taking most of its objectives and capturing 182 prisoners. For the rest of the 2nd and 3rd November the battalion was under heavy shellfire and it is likely that it was during this period that Herbert was killed.
He is buried in the Gaza cemetery, Israel. I had the good fortune to visit Israel and Jordan in 2013 with a group from my local church. Needless to say we were not taken to Gaza which is sadly still a war torn area. Herbert is also remembered on the war memorials at John Dickinson's Paper Mill where he worked and at St Mary's Church Apsley where the family worshipped and my parents were married and I myself was baptised.
I am pleased to know these details of the life of my great uncle Herbert and remember my grandma's stories with pride.
Joshua Hawkins
British Army 10th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Cambridge
(d.30th May 1918)
Joshua Hawkins was my great uncle. Before the war he worked as a chef in one of the Cambridge colleges. He was called up in 1916 or 1917 and joined the 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. He served in France and was taken prisoner. He died of dysentery as a POW, aged 42, on 30th of May 1918 and is buried south east of Ham in the Annois Communal Cemetery, Aisne.
A/Capt Kenneth Edwards Hawkins MC
British Army 7th Btn., B Coy London Regiment
from:Beaumont, Stanton Road, Croydon, London
(d.22 March 1918)
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