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Malmsbury Victoria [4]

Taunton, Somerset [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Evesham, Worcestershire [3]

Weymouth, Dorset [3]

Berkeley, Gloucestershire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldershot [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ashchurch, Gloucester [1]

Aston, Birmingham [1]

Avonmouth, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barwon Victoria [1]

Beaminster, Dorset [1]

Birmingham [1]

Booterstown, Co Dublin [1]

Bordesley, Warwickshire [1]

Boscastle England [1]

Bradninch, Tiverton, Devon, England [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bromley, Kent, England [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Carbonear NF [1]

Castlemorton, Gloucestershire [1]

Chard, Dorset [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Darlington [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Dulverton, Somerset [1]

Dulverton, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Dulwich, London [1]

Dundas, Ontario [1]

Fenton, Staffordshire [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Gloucester [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Hambledon, Hampshire [1]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [1]

Homecroft, Longparish, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [287]

Corporal [34]

Driver [31]

Gunner [31]

Serjeant [19]

Sapper [18]

Lieutenant [17]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lance Corporal [13]

Captain [7]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Major [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Chief Gunner [1]

Civilian [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant /Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel /Local and Temporary Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sadder Corporal [1]

Saddler [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [57]

Royal Engineers [35]

Labour Corps [29]

Army Service Corps [28]

London Regiment [25]

Somerset Light Infantry [24]

Worcestershire Regiment [24]

Gloucestershire Regiment [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Welsh Regiment [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [460]

Royal Navy [62]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [618]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [607]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

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Place of birth

Malmsbury Victoria [4] Taunton, Somerset [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Evesham, Worcestershire [3] Weymouth, Dorset [3] Berkeley, Gloucestershire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Lambeth, London [2] Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldershot [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ashchurch, Gloucester [1] Aston, Birmingham [1] Avonmouth, Gloucestershire, England [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barwon Victoria [1] Beaminster, Dorset [1] Birmingham [1] Booterstown, Co Dublin [1] Bordesley, Warwickshire [1] Boscastle England [1] Bradninch, Tiverton, Devon, England [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brixton, London [1] Bromley, Kent, England [1] Camberwell, London [1] Carbonear NF [1] Castlemorton, Gloucestershire [1] Chard, Dorset [1] Clapton, London [1] Darlington [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Deptford, London [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Dulverton, Somerset [1] Dulverton, Taunton, Somerset [1] Dulwich, London [1] Dundas, Ontario [1] Fenton, Staffordshire [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Gloucester [1] Gloucestershire [1] Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Hambledon, Hampshire [1] Hobart Tas Tasmania [1] Homecroft, Longparish, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [287] Corporal [34] Driver [31] Gunner [31] Serjeant [19] Sapper [18] Lieutenant [17] Second Lieutenant [16] Lance Corporal [13] Captain [7] Acting Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Major [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Chief Gunner [1] Civilian [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant /Adjutant [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel /Local and Temporary Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sadder Corporal [1] Saddler [1] Serjeant Major [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [57] Royal Engineers [35] Labour Corps [29] Army Service Corps [28] London Regiment [25] Somerset Light Infantry [24] Worcestershire Regiment [24] Gloucestershire Regiment [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Devonshire Regiment [12] Rifle Brigade [12] Hampshire Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Welsh Regiment [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Essex Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Military Foot Police [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [460] Royal Navy [62] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45] Australian Imperial Force [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [618] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [607] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Lanoe George Hawker

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers attached Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major Royal Engineers and Royal Flying Corps 24th Sqdn

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Frederick James Hawker

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 8 Battalion

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William John Hawker

Born 1878

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237725

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Reginald Sudlow Hawker

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

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Albert Leonard Hawker

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 102863 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 102863 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 534678 London Regiment

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Edwin James Hawker

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 8715 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 8715 Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Gilbert Edwin Hawker

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1978 Private Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Mortimer Leopold Hawker

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 2292 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Alfred Hawker

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293306

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Bert Hawker

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105320

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Robert William Hawker

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53770

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William Benjamin Hawker

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205078

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Robin Hawker

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192205

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Harry William Hawker

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269780

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Henry George Hawker

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189238

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Frederick Hawker

Died 1915

British Army 12792 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Leonard Hawker

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 201089 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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George Simeon Robert Hawker

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4507 Private Australian Infantry 46th Btn

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Frederick Hawker

Born 1866

Died 1915

British Army 3/7544 Private Somerset Light Infantry 9th Battalion

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Percy Clarence Hawker

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212207

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