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Plymouth, Devon [4]

Saint Austell, Cornwall [3]

Totnes, Devon [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bodmin, Cornwall [2]

Hamilton Scotland [2]

Hindmarsh South Australia [2]

Kapunda South Australia [2]

Newton Abbott, Devon [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

Port Pirie South Australia [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Uraidla South Australia [2]

Adelong New South Wales [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bromley Kent [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1]

Christchurch NZ [1]

Chudleigh, Devon [1]

Cornwall [1]

Cornwall England [1]

Cornwall, England [1]

Cornworthy, Devon [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dimboola Victoria [1]

Durham [1]

Durham, Durham [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Fowey England [1]

Gawler South Australia [1]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hallaton, Leics [1]

Hamley Bridge South Australia [1]

Harberton Ford, Devon [1]

Helston, Cornwall [1]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Kent Town South Australia [1]

Kenton, Devon [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Launceston Tas Tasmania [1]

Liskeard England [1]

London England [1]

MacKay Queensland [1]

Moree New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [144]

Serjeant [16]

Corporal [14]

Gunner [12]

Sapper [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Driver [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Admiral [2]

Captain [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal /Temporary Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Sapper/Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Driver [1]

Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [24]

Army Service Corps [23]

Labour Corps [21]

Royal Engineers [20]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

London Regiment [10]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

HMS TIGER [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

Cornwall Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Medical Corps [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Wellington Infantry Regiment [2]

1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1]

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [1]

Australian Army Unit/Medical Corps [1]

Australian Flying Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British South African Police [1]

Buckinghamshire Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [214]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

Royal Navy [44]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [38]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Last name first letter

H [395]

Contribution

Military Service [392]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

New Zealand [1]

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People [395] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [4] Saint Austell, Cornwall [3] Totnes, Devon [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bodmin, Cornwall [2] Hamilton Scotland [2] Hindmarsh South Australia [2] Kapunda South Australia [2] Newton Abbott, Devon [2] Orange New South Wales [2] Port Pirie South Australia [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Uraidla South Australia [2] Adelong New South Wales [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bromley Kent [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1] Christchurch NZ [1] Chudleigh, Devon [1] Cornwall [1] Cornwall England [1] Cornwall, England [1] Cornworthy, Devon [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dimboola Victoria [1] Durham [1] Durham, Durham [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Fowey England [1] Gawler South Australia [1] Goole, Yorkshire, England [1] Hallaton, Leics [1] Hamley Bridge South Australia [1] Harberton Ford, Devon [1] Helston, Cornwall [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Kent Town South Australia [1] Kenton, Devon [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Launceston Tas Tasmania [1] Liskeard England [1] London England [1] MacKay Queensland [1] Moree New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [144] Serjeant [16] Corporal [14] Gunner [12] Sapper [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Driver [6] Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Admiral [2] Captain [2] Commander [2] Corporal /Temporary Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Sapper/Acting Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant Driver [1] Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Telegraphist [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [24] Army Service Corps [23] Labour Corps [21] Royal Engineers [20] Royal Field Artillery [13] London Regiment [10] Devonshire Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] East Lancashire Regiment [4] HMS TIGER [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] West Riding Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Australian Infantry Battalion [2] Cornwall Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Medical Corps [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Wellington Infantry Regiment [2] 1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1] 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [1] Australian Army Unit/Medical Corps [1] Australian Flying Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British South African Police [1] Buckinghamshire Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [214] Australian Imperial Force [45] Royal Navy [44] Canadian Expeditionary Force [38] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Last name first letter

H [395]

Contribution

Military Service [392] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [6] New Zealand [1]

Montague Hawke

Born 1881

British Army WR 286567 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army SS/820 Private Army Service Corps Indian Cavalry Supply Column

British Army 233651 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers Railway Transport Section

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John Martin Hawke

Born 1884

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 49189 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Leonard Hawke

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 5105 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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Walter Hubert Hawke

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy 237738

Royal Navy 237738 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy 237738 Ordinary Seaman HMS Suffolk

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Stanley Hawke

Born 1890

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 601

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant Australian Flying Corps

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Thomas Frederick Hawke

Born 1873

Died 1919

British Army 120281 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 293876 Private Labour Corps Southern Command Labour Centre

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Edward Anthony Francis Hawke

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 20th Battery, 9th Brigade

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W S C Hawke

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300816

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Francis Murray Hawke

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44142

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Harry Duder Hawke

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60307

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Alfred Herbert Hawke

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59406

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Albert Edward Mountain Aysh Hawke

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Division, 2nd Brigade 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Ernest William Hawke

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

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Joseph Hawke

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy S776 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 229976

Royal Navy T2814 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Reserve HMS Mars

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Horace Henry Hawke

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205310

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John Howard Hawke

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 159597

Canadian Expeditionary Force 159597 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Joseph Hawke

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305848

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Charles Robert Hawke

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298196

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Sydney G Hawke

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army R25220 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Arthur Frank Hawke

Born 1889

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 410504

Canadian Expeditionary Force 410504 Private Canadian Infantry

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