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Adelaide South Australia [10]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Chelmsford, Essex [4]

Luton, Bedfordshire [4]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [4]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Bridgwater, Somerset, England [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

London England [3]

Bexhill, Sussex [2]

Birmingham, Warks [2]

Bow, London, Middlesex [2]

Bridgewater, Somerset [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Burham, Kent [2]

Burnham on Crouch, Essex [2]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Croydon England [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Egham, Surrey [2]

Farnham, Surrey [2]

Finsbury, London [2]

Grays, Essex, England [2]

Harlow, Essex [2]

Harpenden, Hertfordshire [2]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Newtown New South Wales [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Peppard, Reading [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Romsey, Hampshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wallaroo South Australia [2]

Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedford, England [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Berkshire [1]

Bloomsbury, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [653]

Gunner [79]

Driver [62]

Serjeant [60]

Corporal [48]

Sapper [43]

Lance Corporal [27]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Lieutenant [20]

Captain [18]

Pioneer [16]

Acting Corporal [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Bombardier [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Major [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Saddler [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Writer [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [88]

Army Service Corps [84]

Labour Corps [80]

Royal Field Artillery [79]

London Regiment [58]

Royal Army Medical Corps [47]

Royal Garrison Artillery [46]

Royal Fusiliers [32]

Machine Gun Corps [29]

Essex Regiment [28]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [24]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [23]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

Royal West Kent Regiment [18]

Bedfordshire Regiment [17]

Northamptonshire Regiment [17]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [15]

Somerset Light Infantry [14]

South Staffordshire Regiment [14]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [11]

East Kent Regiment [10]

Hussars [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Hertfordshire Regiment [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Scottish Rifles [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

Dragoon Guards [7]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Horse Artillery [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1067]

Royal Navy [124]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [79]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [70]

Australian Imperial Force [58]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1443]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1406]

Merchant Navy [24]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Adelaide South Australia [10] London, Middlesex, England [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Chelmsford, Essex [4] Luton, Bedfordshire [4] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [4] Bermondsey, London [3] Bridgwater, Somerset, England [3] Camberwell, London [3] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [3] Geelong Victoria [3] London England [3] Bexhill, Sussex [2] Birmingham, Warks [2] Bow, London, Middlesex [2] Bridgewater, Somerset [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Burham, Kent [2] Burnham on Crouch, Essex [2] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Croydon England [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Egham, Surrey [2] Farnham, Surrey [2] Finsbury, London [2] Grays, Essex, England [2] Harlow, Essex [2] Harpenden, Hertfordshire [2] Hobart Tas Tasmania [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Newtown New South Wales [2] Paddington, London [2] Peckham, London [2] Peppard, Reading [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Romsey, Hampshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wallaroo South Australia [2] Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedford, England [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Berkshire [1] Bloomsbury, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [653] Gunner [79] Driver [62] Serjeant [60] Corporal [48] Sapper [43] Lance Corporal [27] Second Lieutenant [21] Lieutenant [20] Captain [18] Pioneer [16] Acting Corporal [15] Lieutenant Colonel [12] Staff Serjeant [8] Bombardier [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Major [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Gunner [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Nurse [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Saddler [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Major [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Writer [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain Chaplain to the Forces [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [88] Army Service Corps [84] Labour Corps [80] Royal Field Artillery [79] London Regiment [58] Royal Army Medical Corps [47] Royal Garrison Artillery [46] Royal Fusiliers [32] Machine Gun Corps [29] Essex Regiment [28] King's Royal Rifle Corps [24] Royal Berkshire Regiment [23] Worcestershire Regiment [23] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] Middlesex Regiment [20] The Queen's Regiment [20] Royal West Kent Regiment [18] Bedfordshire Regiment [17] Northamptonshire Regiment [17] Rifle Brigade [17] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [15] Somerset Light Infantry [14] South Staffordshire Regiment [14] Devonshire Regiment [12] Army Ordnance Corps [11] East Kent Regiment [10] Hussars [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] Canadian Infantry [9] East Surrey Regiment [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Hertfordshire Regiment [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Scottish Rifles [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] Dragoon Guards [7] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7] Highland Light Infantry [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Horse Artillery [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Suffolk Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1067] Royal Navy [124] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [79] Canadian Expeditionary Force [70] Australian Imperial Force [58] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1443] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1406] Merchant Navy [24] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [26] Canada [1] New Zealand [1]

Ernest Hawkes

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 7923 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 7923 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Richard Neville Hawkes

Born 1894

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1501 Lance Corporal Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Samuel Hawkes

Born 1888

Died 1951

British Army 47660 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Samuel Gibbings Hawkes

Born 1873

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5861 Private Australian Infantry 27th Battalion

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Frederick James Hawkes

Born 1878

Died 1918

South African Services 14469 Private South African Infantry

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Thomas Alfred Hawkes

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 8818 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 25995 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 25995 Serjeant Essex Regiment

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Jesse Hawkes

Born 1879

Died 1920

British Army G/11467 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/11467 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Percival Joseph Hawkes

Born 1888

Died 1976

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry 10th Battalion

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Thomas Hawkes

Born 1866

Died 1919

Royal Navy CH/2604 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Frederick George Hawkes

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 6984 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Henry George Hawkes

Born 1864

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Second Mate Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Seven Seas" (Cork)

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Hubert Hawkes

Born 1893

Died 1951

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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Wilfred Hawkes

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army S/11409 Private Rifle Brigade 8th Battalion

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John Cormock Hawkes

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps attached King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lt. Royal Army Medical Corps att 5th. Kings Royal Rifle Corps

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William Hawkes

Died 1916

British Army 20380 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 26095 Private Royal Defence Corps 56th Proetection Coy

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George Albert Hawkes

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203927

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William Hawkes

Born 1881

British Army 5227 Private South Wales Borderers Depot 3rd Battalion

British Army 5227 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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Arthur John Hawkes

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281354

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Arthur Hawkes

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267488

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Arthur Hawkes

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131976

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