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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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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]

Arthur James Hawes

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408690

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Thomas Francis Hawes

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3180867

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3180867 Private Canadian Infantry

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Otho Ewart Hawes

Born 1886

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 487388

Canadian Expeditionary Force 487388 Pioneer Canadian Pioneers

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Edward Walter Hawes

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 706875

Canadian Expeditionary Force 706875 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Hawes

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1257611

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1257611 Gunner Canadian Garrison Artillery

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Cecil Stanley Hawes

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220810

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Ernest Alfred Hawes

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8444

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Leonard Hawes

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237806

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Harry Hawes

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125064

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Cecil James Hawes

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 44717 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Frank G. Hawes

Died 1918

British Army 2042 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 200315 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 200315 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Albert W Hawes

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 103389 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 1003389 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Ernest Edward Hawes

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 13449 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 13449 Private Norfolk Regiment

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James Hawes

Died 1917

British Army 33500 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Thomas Hawes

Died 1917

British Army 8/2388 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 330805 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 330805 Rifleman Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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Godfrey Charles Browne Hawes

Born 1867

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Charles C Hawes

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1539 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 680398 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Hawes

Died 1918

British Army 17128 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 17128 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

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Samuel George Hawes

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3476 Private Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion

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Albert Hawes

Died 1918

British Army R/33577 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army GS/92377 Private London Regiment

British Army GS/92377 Private Royal Fusiliers

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