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2nd Lt. Leslie William Hawkins
British Army 6th Battalion Notts & Derby Regiment
from:Wanstead, London
Leslie Hawkins was my Grandpa. He enlisted in the Second County of London Yeomanry in December 1915. He transferred to the Machine Gun Corps in August 1917, then Kings Own Royal Lancs. Then after a discharge, he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant of the 6th Battalion in the Sherwood Foresters in March 1918. He saw action at Bellenglise, Sambre-Oise Canal and Cambria. He survived, resigned his commission in 1922.
Apparently he rarely talked about the horrors. He died at 80, but sadly being too young to know, I never got a chance to talk to him, recognise what he had done or really appreciated his experience in his presence. Clearly an extraordinary man but also in my memory, good to be around. Gone but never forgotten.
Lt. Lionel Hope Hawkins
British Army att. 6th Dragoon Guards Kings Dragoon Guards
from:90 Drayton Gardens, London
(d.31st Oct 1914)
Lieutenant Lionel Hope Hawkins, of the 1st (Kings) Dragoon Guards, was attached to the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) when he was killed during the fighting for Messines on 31st of October 1914. Captain P. M. A. Kerans, the Adjutant of the Carabiniers, wrote to the parents of Lieutenant Hawkins and described the circumstances in which their son had died:
It appears that after the enemy had penetrated our line a party was observed by him approaching the trench which he held with his troop. He ordered fire to be opened on them, but they shouted - ˜Dont fire, we are the Scottish, and he ordered his men to cease fire, and himself bravely, but incautiously, got out of his trench and went towards them. He had gone about 30 yards when the Germans - for it was the Germans and not the London Scottish - opened fire, and he was seen to fall. Two men went out and brought him back to the trench, and it was seen he was badly wounded in the right side. He was removed to a place of comparative safety, but died soon afterwards.
After Hawkins had died, it was reported that his body had been left by a fence on the edge of a wood by his soldiers, who were unable to carry him back any further as they were under fire and had been ordered to retire. They had covered him with a blanket before leaving. Lieutenant Hawkins was aged 28 when he was killed and was the son of Mr J. T. and Mrs M. H. Hawkins, who lived at 90 Drayton Gardens in London. Lieutenant Hawkins is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Pte. Samuel Hedley Hemming Hawkins
Australian Imperial Force 15th Infantry Btn.
from:Australia
Samuel Hedley Hemming Hawkins was born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1897 to Hedley and Florence Hawkins. He enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force on 18th September 1914 whilst still 17 years old, joining the 15th Infantry Battalion. He had no prior military experience, other than four years with cadets, and was working as a factory hand at the time. Hawkins departed Australia for Egypt aboard HMAT Ceramic in December 1914.
After training in Egypt, Hawkins embarked for Gallipoli, landing late on 25th April 1915. He spent five months fighting on the peninsula before being transferred to hospital in Egypt, suffering from dysentery and shell shock. Hawkins was discharged from hospital in January 1916 and ordered to return to Australia to recuperate.
In October 1916 Hawkins joined the Citizen Military Forces, while also working as a clerk in the AIF pay office in Brisbane. By mid-1917 he had re-enlisted, this time as Hedley Hawkins, joining the 11th Reinforcements for the 4th Pioneer Battalion. Again, Hawkins exaggerated his age, stating that he was 21 and born in 1895, helping to avoid the need for parental consent. On 1st August 1917 he travelled aboard HMAT Medic to England.
Hawkins' second term of service was mainly spent at Kandahar Barracks at Tidworth, receiving a brief promotion to acting lance corporal in December 1917. In mid-1918 he finally saw service overseas, transferring to France with the 4th Pioneer Battalion. However, this was not to last long. Samuel Hawkins returned to England just over six months later and demobilised for return to Australia during January 1919.
Samuel Hedley Hemming Hawkins' son, 404433 Sergeant Hedley Maurice Hawkins served in the Second World War with No. 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
T. Hawkins
British Army 7th Btn. Royal West Surrey Regiment
(d.22nd Nov 1917)
T Hawkins served with the Royal West Surrey Regiment, 7th Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 22nd November 1917, and is buried in Bleuet Farm Cemetery, Belgium .
The mass pardon of 306 British Empire soldiers executed for certain offences during the Great War was enacted in section 359 of the Armed Forces Act 2006, which came into effect on royal assent on 8th November 2006.
Cpl. Thomas William Hawkins
British Army 2/8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
from:Redditch, Worcs
(d.27th Aug 1917)
Thomas Hawkins served with the 2nd/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment and died on 27th August 1917.
L/Cpl Victor Henry Hawkins MM.
British Army 3rd Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
from:Finchampstead
(d.28th Apr 1918)
Victor Hawkins was my great uncle, we have only just found out about him recently. He was killed in action during the Battle of Kemmel. He's buried at La Clythe Military Cemetery in Belgium. Rest in Peace.
Pte. Walter Thomas Hawkins
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers
(d.29th September 1918)
L/Cpl. William Charles Hawkins
British Army 1st/4th Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:21 Trinity St, Salisbury
(d.22nd Nov 1917)
Lance Corporal William Charles Hawkins, died of wounds and is buried at Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. His Brother George Hawkins of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry also fell.
Pte. William Hawkins
British Army 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Leeds
(d.2nd August 1917)
My Great Grandfather William Hawkins enlisted in March 1915 with the 10th battalion West Yorkshire Regiment as Private 19944. In March 1916, he suffered a superficial gunshot wound to the head. On return from 3 days in hospital, he joined 10th Cheshire as Private 52341. William was wounded on 31st of July 1917 at Pilkem Ridge. He died on 2nd of August 1917 of wounds and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
Pte. William Francis Hawkins
British Army 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Stinchcombe
(d.8th Jan 1916)
William Hawkins was born on 17 Feb 1895 Stinchcombe, near Stroud. He served with Gloucestershire Constabulary from 1906 to 1912 (More info and a photo can be found on Gloucestershire Police Archives Site. His police no was 3839.)
He served in 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 8th of January 1916. He's commemorated on the Helles War Memorial Turkey and on Holy Trinity Church, Longlevens, Gloucester where his brother Henry (who also served in the War) was the Sub Post Master.
Pte. William James Hawkins
British Army 8th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
(d.4th Oct 1917)
Pte. Harold Conniston Hawkridge
British Army 4th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:East London
Lt.Col. John Plunkett Verney Hawksley DSO, MID.
British Army 110th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Thorpe Place, Chertsey, Surrey
(d.8th Aug 1916)
Rfmn. Alexander Edward Hawley
British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:London
(d.17th May 1916)
Rfmn. Arthur George Hawley
British Army 7th (Service) Btn. King Royal Rifle Corps
from:Bishop St, Birmingham
(d.30th Jul 1915)
Rfn. Arthur George Hawley was born in Birmingham and was employed as a cabinet maker. He enlisted in the Army on 22nd Aug 1914 and joined the 7th Btn. KRRC. He was sent to France with his Btn on 19th May 1915 and was eventually occupying trenches in the Ypres area. Rfn. Hawley was killed in action in the trenches to the North of Sanctuary Wood near the Hooge Crater on 30th Jul 1915 during a day of intensive fighting. He is one of the 114 members of 7th Btn KRRC killed on that day and is commemorated along with others of his Btn on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.
Pte. Walter Hawley
British Army 2nd Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Parkgate, Rotherham
(d.8th Oct 1918)
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.
Sgt. Fred Haworth
British Army 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:4 Lubbock Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
(d.15th June 1916)
Fred Haworth drowned on the 15th of June 1916 aged 21, he is remembered on the Basra War Memorial in Iraq.
Pte. Rostron Haworth
British Army 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Lytham, Lancs
(d.31st Jul 1917)
Rostron Haworth attended Kirkham Grammar School in Lancashire. He was tragically killed and was never found at Passchendaele (or 3rd Battle of Ypres) on 31st of July 1917. He was 24 when he died. Rostron was a Private in the 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium. He was the son of Emmett and Mary Annie Haworth of Lytham, Lancs. He is remembered on the Cenotaph in Lytham Square with other WW1 soldiers who died.
Pte. James Fenwick Hawthorn
british Army 17th Battalion, A Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:South Shields
James Hawthorn served with the 17th Northumberland Fusiliers.
Pte. Robert Hawthorn
British Army 16th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Bootle Liverpool.
(d.28th March 1918)
Robert Hawthorn died on 28th March 1918 aged 22 and is buried in the St Sever Cemetery extension in France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hawthorn, of 31, Molyneux St., Derby Rd., Bootle Liverpool.
L/Cpl. Frederick Hawthorne
British Army 1/5th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
(d.11th Aug 1916)
Frederick Hawthorne was executed for Cowardice 11th August 1916 age 22 and buried in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France.
G. A. Hawthorne
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Pte. W. A. I. Hawthorne
Australian Imperial Force 42nd Btn.
(d.9th Jun 1917)
Pte. Wilfrid Hawthornthwaite
British Army 13th Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
from:St Annes on Sea
(d.20th Nov 1917)
Wilfrid Hawthornthwaite was married to Ethel Taylor and had two sons. John was born in 1911 and my grandfather, Roy, was born in 1915. The boys were brought up by Ethel and her father who was called Granpa Taylor.
Pte. Horace Richard Hawtree
British Army 1st Btn. East Kent Regiment
from:Ealing
(d.2nd August 1918)
Horace Hawtree was born on the 23 August 1890, the youngest of seven children of Edward and Rose Hawtree of 10 Grove Road, Acton, London. By the 1911 census he had moved away from home, he was a waiter at the YMCA at 28 Princes Square in Bayswater and lived there. In May 1914 he appears to have traveled to Philadelphia from Liverpool when he was 24 years old and was described as an engineer.
At some point he returned to the UK as he enlisted on the 15 December 1915 with 1st Battalion East Kent Regiment (The Buffs),Service No. G/12007. He described himself as a fitter living at 21 Talbot Road, Ealing. He married Amy Florence Budden on the 25 April 1917 at St James's Church, West Ealing.
He died on the 2nd of August 1918, aged 28 years and is buried in Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, Northern France. The cemetery was opened in April 1918 during the early stages of the German offensive in Flanders, when the 2nd Canadian and 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Stations came to Esquelbecq. It was closed in September 1918. It is therefore highly probable that he died from his wounds whilst receiving treatment. He is remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London.
AB. William George Haxell
Royal Navy HMS Inflexible
from:Batisford
My grandfather, William George Haxell was on watch during the Battle of Jutland.
A transcript from his written account:
- 5:40 Sighted enemy cruisers
- 5:53 Opened fire on enemy cruisers. Port side
- 6:15 Altered course to avoid torpedo. Passed 10 years S.S.
- 6:20 E nagged the enemy
- 6:30 Invincible struck by salvo and blew up
- 7:25 Enemy torpedo craft attacked but driven off by gunfire
- 7:45 Track of torpedo passed 150 yards astern
- 8:20 Resumed action with enemy. B. Cruisers to NW
- 8:30 Check time
- 8:35 Track of torpedo passes ahead of ship
- 8:40 Violent shock felt under ship submarine probably struck by ship
- 9:30 Shaped to South at 17 knots. Misty
- 2:45 June 1st Altered course NNE 20 knots
- 3:15 Zeppelin on starboard quarter. Indomitable. Fired on same
- 4:00 NNW
- 7:30 NNE
- 9:45 WSW
- 11:45 Passes wreck. Stern of Warship. Starboard side
- 14:24 Passes Whaler (?) marked v. 29
- 14:30-14:50 Passed numerous bodies apparently all Germans and a life buoy marked S.MS
- 14:50 Passed wreck on port hand. Presumably Invincible.
- 19:30 Increased speed to 21 knots
- 23:10 Altered course one point to port to avoid patrol vessel
- 23:30 Wind veers and points to NW
Arrived in Rosyth about 08:15 am 2nd of June 1916.
Pte. John Haxton
British Army 6/7th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:Markinch, Fifeshire
(d.13th Oct 1918)
John Haxton's parents were John Haxton and Margaret Heggie of Markinch, Fifeshire, Scotland. John was my grandmother's brother, and was aged 35 when he died on 13th October 1918. He was killed in action in France during WW1 and is buried in Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery. I am still researching the details, eg where he was killed, whether he left a wife and family etc. He was in 7th Battalion Gordon Highlanders, which amalgamated with 1/6th Battalion to form the 6/7th Battalion on 6th October 1918.
Pte. Alexander Hay
British Army 10th battalion 36th Ulster Division
from:Belfast
L/Cpl. Arthur Sydney Lennox Hay
British Army 1st/6th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Elgin, Morayshire
(d.4th April 1918)
Arthur Hay died on 4th of April 1918, aged 32 and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery in France. He was the son of John Walker Hay and Martha Jane Hay, of Florida Villa, Duff Avenue, Elgin, Morayshire.
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