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London England [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Hackney, London [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Leyton, Essex [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Oakley, Bucks [3]

Southwark, London [3]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Dalston, London [2]

Desborough, Northants [2]

Dorking, Surrey [2]

Elderslie Tas Tasmania [2]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [2]

Hertfordshire [2]

Holloway, London [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kempsey New South Wales [2]

Loudwater, Buckinghamshire [2]

Otley, Suffolk [2]

Plumstead, Kent [2]

Rochester, Kent [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [2]

Wivenhoe, Essex [2]

Angmering, Sussex [1]

Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Badwell Ash, Suffolk [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Bishop Burton, Yorkshire [1]

Brill, Buckinghamshire [1]

Buckinghamshire England [1]

Bungay, Suffolk [1]

Buninyong Victoria [1]

Burnham on Sea, Somerset, England [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burton on the Wolds, Leicestershire [1]

Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Camberwell,London [1]

Canning Town, Essex [1]

Cawsand, Cornwall [1]

Chalvey England [1]

Chesham, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [567]

Gunner [73]

Driver [43]

Serjeant [40]

Corporal [38]

Lance Corporal [31]

Sapper [24]

Captain [21]

Lieutenant [21]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Major [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Pioneer [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Rifleman [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Sister [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Trooper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Adjutant/ Captain [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Civilian [1]

Colonel (Hon. Major General) [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [81]

Army Service Corps [73]

London Regiment [62]

Royal Engineers [62]

Royal Field Artillery [61]

Royal Garrison Artillery [55]

Suffolk Regiment [50]

Royal Fusiliers [39]

Middlesex Regiment [37]

Royal Army Medical Corps [36]

Norfolk Regiment [29]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [22]

The Queen's Regiment [22]

Northamptonshire Regiment [21]

Essex Regiment [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

East Surrey Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Horse Artillery [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Border Regiment [5]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [878]

Royal Navy [113]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [70]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1173]

S [2]

B [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1151]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

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Place of birth

London England [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Hackney, London [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Leyton, Essex [3] London, Middlesex [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Oakley, Bucks [3] Southwark, London [3] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Dalston, London [2] Desborough, Northants [2] Dorking, Surrey [2] Elderslie Tas Tasmania [2] Hackney, London, Middlesex [2] Hertfordshire [2] Holloway, London [2] Islington, London [2] Kempsey New South Wales [2] Loudwater, Buckinghamshire [2] Otley, Suffolk [2] Plumstead, Kent [2] Rochester, Kent [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [2] Wivenhoe, Essex [2] Angmering, Sussex [1] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Badwell Ash, Suffolk [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bishop Burton, Yorkshire [1] Brill, Buckinghamshire [1] Buckinghamshire England [1] Bungay, Suffolk [1] Buninyong Victoria [1] Burnham on Sea, Somerset, England [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burton on the Wolds, Leicestershire [1] Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Camberwell,London [1] Canning Town, Essex [1] Cawsand, Cornwall [1] Chalvey England [1] Chesham, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [567] Gunner [73] Driver [43] Serjeant [40] Corporal [38] Lance Corporal [31] Sapper [24] Captain [21] Lieutenant [21] Second Lieutenant [15] Major [11] Acting Corporal [9] Pioneer [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [4] Rifleman [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Sister [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Worker [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Trooper [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Adjutant/ Captain [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Chief Armourer [1] Civilian [1] Colonel (Hon. Major General) [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [81] Army Service Corps [73] London Regiment [62] Royal Engineers [62] Royal Field Artillery [61] Royal Garrison Artillery [55] Suffolk Regiment [50] Royal Fusiliers [39] Middlesex Regiment [37] Royal Army Medical Corps [36] Norfolk Regiment [29] Machine Gun Corps [24] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [22] The Queen's Regiment [22] Northamptonshire Regiment [21] Essex Regiment [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Hampshire Regiment [14] East Surrey Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Horse Artillery [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Bedfordshire Regiment [9] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal West Surrey Regiment [6] Tank Corps [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Border Regiment [5] Cambridgeshire Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [878] Royal Navy [113] Canadian Expeditionary Force [70] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69] Australian Imperial Force [23] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1173] S [2] B [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1151] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Ellic George Hawes

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 16729 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 16729 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Harry Henry Hawes

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 368 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Herbert Hawes

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 27121 Private Training Reserve 31st Battalion

British Army TR/10/27121 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 31st (Training Reserve) Battalion

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Abraham Hawes

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 8501 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Henry Hawes

Born 1883

British Army T4/216672 Private Army Service Corps

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James William Hawes

Born 1886

Died 1947

Australian Imperial Force 397

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John Edward Hawes

Born 1880

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 386

Australian Imperial Force 5386 or 386 Private HMAT A71, Nestor 13th Infantry Battalion

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Leonard Arthur Hawes

Born 1892

Died 1986

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 2nd Siege Battery

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Charles George Hawes

Born 1890

Died 1963

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Royal Engineers (Special Reserve)

British Army Major Royal Engineers East Anglian Divisonal Signal Company

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Francis James Hawes

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105700

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Leonard Hawes

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44844

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William Thomas Hawes

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219558

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Oliver Thomas Hawes

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35802

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Cecil J Hawes

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 44717 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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George Edward Hawes

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64303

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Arthur James Godball Hawes

Born 1894

Died 1965

Royal Navy 3/3018 Royal Naval Division

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Robert Hawes

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216306

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Ernest Richard Hawes

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217896

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James Hawes

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218509

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John Henry Hawes

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236035

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