Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1784936

Reference: WO372/9

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/1787083

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5483368

Title: Army Uniform RGA

Description: Herbert Hawkins

Connected by: Sam2202

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ID: 5483391

Title: Herbert Hawkins - Sheffield City Police

Description: Not sure when this was taken but Herbert was a police constable before he went to war.

Connected by: Sam2202

Additional: Not sure when this was taken but Herbert was a police constable before he went to war, definite proof I have found is that he was living in Sheffield at 22yrs old on the 1911 Census and profession was Police Constable.

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ID: 5483477

Title: Personal Knowledge of sam hawkins

Description: This is being used as evidence based on a members personal knowledge.

Connected by: Sam2202

Additional: This is being used as evidence based on a members personal knowledge.

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ID: 5483487

Title: Sheffield Soldier WW1

Description: Sheffield Soldier World War One Memorial site

Connected by: Sam2202

URL: http://sheffieldsoldierww1.co.uk/YourSoldier/Hawkins_H.html
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Additional: Herbert Hawkins was born in Waleswood Colliery, Sheffield

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ID: 5483490

Title: Fire Brigade and Police Roll of Honour - Sheffield

Description: Herbert Hawkins was a Police Constable in Sheffield City Police and is remembered on the Roll of Honour which is situated in Sheffield Cathedral

Connected by: Sam2202

Additional: Herbert Hawkins is my Great Grandfather

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ID: 5483503

Title: Kiveton Park & Wales War Memorial, Yorkshire

Description: This war memorial situated in the small villages of Kiveton Park and Wales clearly shows Corporal Herbert Hawkins. This is very close to Waleswood Colliery where Herbert was born and lived with his parents and siblings some of which were coalminers.

Connected by: Sam2202

Additional: Herbert Hawkins is my Great Grandfather and I have researched into the family history to find evidence that he was born in this area and lived with his family until he left for Sheffield to join the Police Force.

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ID: 5483510

Name: Kiveton at War

Title: Kiveton & Wales History Society

Description: History of the Kiveton & Wales area in Yorkshire.

Connected by: Sam2202

URL: http://www.kivetonwaleshistory.co.uk/heritage/kiveton-at-war
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Additional: This is a true statement about my Great Grandfather remembered as a local lad.

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ID: 5483528

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Sam2202

UPP: BMD/M/1914/2/AZ/000529/105

Additional: This record confirm Herbert was married Annie Louise Wray on 10 June 1914 at St Peters Church, Abbeydale, Sheffield

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6172470

Title: Royal Garrison Medal

Description: Copy of medal document sent to Herbert's wife Annie Louise after his death.

Connected by: Sam2202

Additional: Searched for online through ancestry.com at local library/archives in Sheffield

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ID: 7205359

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/327388

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 8670732

Title: Remembered at Bard Cottage, Ieper, Belgium

Description: Yorkshire Rose placed at Herbert's Grave alongside other Royal Garrison Artillery soldiers

Connected by: Sam2202

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ID: 8670743

Title: Entry in Marriages Book held at Sheffield Archives

Description: Photo taken during visit to Sheffield Archives of Marriages Book

Connected by: Sam2202

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ID: 8670838

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Sam2202

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7403190/11/314

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8798801

Title: Herbert Hawkins birth date

Description: Birth certificate copy

Connected by: Sam2202

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ID: 8798846

Title: Waleswood Colliery Row

Description: Brilliant history site of the area with stories of how life was

Connected by: Sam2202

URL: http://www.kivetonwaleshistory.co.uk/heritage/waleswood/memories-of-waleswood-terrace
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Additional: This where Herbert was born and grew up as a boy

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ID: 8798880

Title: Bard Cottage Cemetery

Description: Bard Cottage Cemetery, Boezinge (Boesinghe) The cemetery was begun in June 1915 and used until October 1918. Casualties buried here include servicemen from 49th (West Riding) Division and 38th (Welsh) Division. The original cemetery was expanded in size after the First World War with graves brought in from the surrounding area including 32 graves from the nearby burial site at Marengo Farm Cemetery. There are 1,639 burials in the cemetery, of which 1,603 are identified. The name of the cemetery is taken from Bard Cottage, a house located near the cemetery on the other side of the Ypres-Boesinghe road, between the road and the Ypres-Yser (Ieper-Ijzer) Canal.

Connected by: Sam2202

URL: http://www.greatwar.co.uk/places/ypres-salient-cemeteries.htm
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ID: 8895927

Name: 64601

Title: Forces War Records

Description: Memorial

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URL: https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/dedication-wall/425/herbert-hawkins
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ID: 8973171

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Deborah102878

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0406948

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 8973176

Title: UBIQUE

Description: RA insignia

Connected by: Deborah102878

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ID: 9083452

Title: Kiveton Park & Wales War Memorial

Description: Remembered on local war memorial where Herbert Hawkins group up and family lived

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URL: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/209128
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ID: 9293679

Title: Herbert Hawkins Headstone Updated with correct age

Description: CWGC

Connected by: Sam2202

Additional: Herbert was only 28 years old when he died

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ID: 9548791

Title: Corporal Herbert Hawkins

Description: Updated with correct age at death with thanks to the CWGC for their help.

Connected by: Sam2202

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