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Plymouth, Devon [3]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Leitchville Victoria [2]

Liskeard, Cornwall [2]

London England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Birmingham England [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Church Town, Cornwall [1]

Cornwall [1]

Cornwall, England [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Emmaville New South Wales [1]

Essex England [1]

Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales [1]

Forest Gate, London [1]

Fowey, Cornwall [1]

Fowey, Cornwall, England [1]

Hyderabad [1]

Kentish Town, [1]

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Lithgow New South Wales [1]

Menhencot, Cornwall [1]

Middlesbro, Yorkshire [1]

Mincha Victoria [1]

Montana, United States of America [1]

Nowra New South Wales [1]

Orange New South Wales [1]

Padstow, Cornwall [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Rayleigh England [1]

Saint Kew, Cornwall [1]

Somerville Victoria [1]

Sommerville Victoria [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

St Columb England [1]

St Hilda's, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Stonehouse, Devon, England [1]

Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Truro England [1]

Wadebridge, Cornwall [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Westminster, London, Middlesex [1]

Whangarei [1]

Rank

Private [75]

Gunner [11]

Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Sapper [6]

Serjeant [4]

Captain [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Driver [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [18]

Royal Engineers [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

London Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

15th Sikhs [1]

2/113th Infantry [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

British South African Police [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Canterbury Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Corps of Lancers [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

Imperial Army [1]

Indian Army [1]

Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

New Zealand Army Nursing Service [1]

Service

British Army [117]

Royal Navy [27]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

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Contribution

Military Service [201]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Australia [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [207] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [3] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Leitchville Victoria [2] Liskeard, Cornwall [2] London England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Birmingham England [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Camborne, Cornwall [1] Church Town, Cornwall [1] Cornwall [1] Cornwall, England [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Emmaville New South Wales [1] Essex England [1] Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales [1] Forest Gate, London [1] Fowey, Cornwall [1] Fowey, Cornwall, England [1] Hyderabad [1] Kentish Town, [1] Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Lithgow New South Wales [1] Menhencot, Cornwall [1] Middlesbro, Yorkshire [1] Mincha Victoria [1] Montana, United States of America [1] Nowra New South Wales [1] Orange New South Wales [1] Padstow, Cornwall [1] Poplar, London [1] Rayleigh England [1] Saint Kew, Cornwall [1] Somerville Victoria [1] Sommerville Victoria [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] St Columb England [1] St Hilda's, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Stonehouse, Devon, England [1] Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Truro England [1] Wadebridge, Cornwall [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Westminster, London, Middlesex [1] Whangarei [1]

Rank

Private [75] Gunner [11] Corporal [7] Lieutenant [7] Sapper [6] Serjeant [4] Captain [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Driver [2] Lance Corporal [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Engineer Sub Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [18] Royal Engineers [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] London Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Labour Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 15th Sikhs [1] 2/113th Infantry [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] British South African Police [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Canterbury Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Corps of Lancers [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Falmouth [1] Imperial Army [1] Indian Army [1] Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] New Zealand Army Nursing Service [1]

Service

British Army [117] Royal Navy [27] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Last name first letter

H [207]

Contribution

Military Service [201] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [6] Australia [1] New Zealand [1]

Ada Gilbert Hawken

Born 1886

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 22/123 Staff Nurse New Zealand Army Nursing Service

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Francis William Hawken

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 566

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George William Hawken

Born 1889

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 152026

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William Henry Hawken

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 5854 Private London Regiment

British Army 652672 Private London Regiment

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Richard W Hawken

Born 1890

Died 1978

British Army 412973 Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 285243 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Clarence Hewart Hawken

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 491173

Canadian Expeditionary Force 491173 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Gerald Hawken

Born 1892

Died 1961

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Henry Harold Hawken

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240253

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Thomas Gerald Hawken

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179734

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Richard Charles Hawken

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 491865 Corporal London Regiment

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Alfred George Hawken

Born 1892

Died 1920

British Army Royal Navy

Royal Navy Gunner Royal Indian Marine

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Harris Shephard Hawken

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150763

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Percy Hawken

Died 1917

British Army 160342 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Samuel James Hawken

Australian Imperial Force 71329

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Francis North Hawken

Australian Imperial Force 100

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Frederick George Hawken

Australian Imperial Force 2578

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Thomas Henry Hawken

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 28239 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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John Hawken

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38765 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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William Victor Hawken

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd/7th Bn.

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Horace Hawken

Died 1916

British Army 15675 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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