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Melbourne Victoria [23]

Sydney New South Wales [19]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [18]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [14]

London, Middlesex, England [14]

Reading, Berkshire [10]

London England [9]

Fulham, London [8]

Gosport, Hampshire [7]

Lambeth, London [7]

London, Middlesex [7]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Islington, London [6]

Plymouth, Devon [6]

Brighton, Sussex [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Southwark, London [5]

Weymouth, Dorset [5]

Yeovil, Somerset [5]

Croydon, Surrey [4]

Honiton, Devon [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Torquay, Devon [4]

Walthamstow, Essex [4]

Bridport, Dorset [3]

Bristol, Somerset [3]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Hoxton, London [3]

Lamberhurst, Kent [3]

Ramsgate, Kent [3]

Shoreditch, London [3]

Walsall, Staffordshire [3]

Adderbury, Oxfordshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Aldbourne England [2]

Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Auckland NZ [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham [2]

Blandford, Dorset [2]

Braidwood New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2650]

Gunner [311]

Corporal [232]

Driver [232]

Serjeant [193]

Sapper [192]

Lance Corporal [100]

Lieutenant [83]

Second Lieutenant [81]

Acting Corporal [45]

Captain [44]

Pioneer [38]

Bombardier [36]

Acting Serjeant [29]

Able Seaman [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Acting Bombardier [14]

Major [14]

Rifleman [12]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Sister [9]

Trooper [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Worker [8]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Leading Seaman [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Bugler [4]

Canteen Worker [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Colonel [3]

Guardsman [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [360]

Royal Field Artillery [350]

Labour Corps [306]

Army Service Corps [295]

London Regiment [211]

Royal Garrison Artillery [211]

Machine Gun Corps [144]

Royal Army Medical Corps [115]

Middlesex Regiment [108]

Gloucestershire Regiment [87]

Royal Fusiliers [87]

Somerset Light Infantry [84]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [83]

Devonshire Regiment [82]

Hampshire Regiment [82]

Wiltshire Regiment [78]

Rifle Brigade [72]

Royal Army Service Corps [65]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [61]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [61]

Essex Regiment [59]

Welsh Regiment [59]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [58]

The Queen's Regiment [58]

Worcestershire Regiment [57]

Dorsetshire Regiment [56]

Bedfordshire Regiment [54]

South Staffordshire Regiment [54]

East Surrey Regiment [52]

North Staffordshire Regiment [48]

South Wales Borderers [45]

Manchester Regiment [43]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [42]

West Yorkshire Regiment [42]

Durham Light Infantry [40]

East Kent Regiment [40]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [40]

Leicestershire Regiment [36]

Royal Sussex Regiment [36]

Northamptonshire Regiment [35]

Royal West Kent Regiment [35]

Army Ordnance Corps [34]

East Yorkshire Regiment [34]

Canadian Infantry [33]

Northumberland Fusiliers [33]

Liverpool Regiment [32]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [31]

Lincolnshire Regiment [29]

Royal Defence Corps [29]

Cheshire Regiment [25]

Service

British Army [4112]

Royal Navy [570]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [326]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [288]

Australian Imperial Force [214]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [58]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [5659]

B [2]

A [1]

E [1]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5547]

Merchant Navy [84]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [107]

Canada [2]

New Zealand [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [23] Sydney New South Wales [19] Portsmouth, Hampshire [18] Bristol, Gloucestershire [14] London, Middlesex, England [14] Reading, Berkshire [10] London England [9] Fulham, London [8] Gosport, Hampshire [7] Lambeth, London [7] London, Middlesex [7] Salisbury, Wiltshire [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Islington, London [6] Plymouth, Devon [6] Brighton, Sussex [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Southampton, Hampshire [5] Southwark, London [5] Weymouth, Dorset [5] Yeovil, Somerset [5] Croydon, Surrey [4] Honiton, Devon [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Torquay, Devon [4] Walthamstow, Essex [4] Bridport, Dorset [3] Bristol, Somerset [3] Chichester, Sussex [3] Dorchester, Dorset [3] Hoxton, London [3] Lamberhurst, Kent [3] Ramsgate, Kent [3] Shoreditch, London [3] Walsall, Staffordshire [3] Adderbury, Oxfordshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [2] Aldbourne England [2] Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire [2] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Auckland NZ [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham [2] Blandford, Dorset [2] Braidwood New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2650] Gunner [311] Corporal [232] Driver [232] Serjeant [193] Sapper [192] Lance Corporal [100] Lieutenant [83] Second Lieutenant [81] Acting Corporal [45] Captain [44] Pioneer [38] Bombardier [36] Acting Serjeant [29] Able Seaman [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Acting Bombardier [14] Major [14] Rifleman [12] Stoker 1st Class [11] Company Serjeant Major [10] Staff Serjeant [10] Sister [9] Trooper [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Worker [8] Lance Serjeant [6] Leading Seaman [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Battery Serjeant Major [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Acting Captain [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Bugler [4] Canteen Worker [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Deck Hand [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Staff Nurse [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Colonel [3] Guardsman [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [360] Royal Field Artillery [350] Labour Corps [306] Army Service Corps [295] London Regiment [211] Royal Garrison Artillery [211] Machine Gun Corps [144] Royal Army Medical Corps [115] Middlesex Regiment [108] Gloucestershire Regiment [87] Royal Fusiliers [87] Somerset Light Infantry [84] Royal Berkshire Regiment [83] Devonshire Regiment [82] Hampshire Regiment [82] Wiltshire Regiment [78] Rifle Brigade [72] Royal Army Service Corps [65] King's Royal Rifle Corps [61] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [61] Essex Regiment [59] Welsh Regiment [59] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [58] The Queen's Regiment [58] Worcestershire Regiment [57] Dorsetshire Regiment [56] Bedfordshire Regiment [54] South Staffordshire Regiment [54] East Surrey Regiment [52] North Staffordshire Regiment [48] South Wales Borderers [45] Manchester Regiment [43] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [42] West Yorkshire Regiment [42] Durham Light Infantry [40] East Kent Regiment [40] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [40] Leicestershire Regiment [36] Royal Sussex Regiment [36] Northamptonshire Regiment [35] Royal West Kent Regiment [35] Army Ordnance Corps [34] East Yorkshire Regiment [34] Canadian Infantry [33] Northumberland Fusiliers [33] Liverpool Regiment [32] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [31] Lincolnshire Regiment [29] Royal Defence Corps [29] Cheshire Regiment [25]

Service

British Army [4112] Royal Navy [570] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [326] Canadian Expeditionary Force [288] Australian Imperial Force [214] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [58] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [5659] B [2] A [1] E [1] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5547] Merchant Navy [84] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [107] Canada [2] New Zealand [1]

Walter William Hawkins

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165526

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Albert Hawkins

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276599

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Raileth Naaman Hawkins

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 66560 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Veines James Hawkins

Born 1894

Died 1919

Royal Navy J/15592 Leading Seaman HMS Hindustan

Royal Navy J/15592 Leading Seaman HMS Emperor of India

Royal Navy J15592 Leading Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)

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John William Hawkins

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116248

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Trevor Hawkins

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Harry Bradford Tancred Hawkins

Born 1876

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Benjamin Arthur Hawkins

Born 1896

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 64502 Entrenching Battalion

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Herbert Francis Hawkins

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314007

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Arthur Hawkins

Died 1914

British Army 9398 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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George Albert Hawkins

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 96501 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frank Richard Hawkins

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 123274 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 123274 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Henry Richard Hawkins

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 4/1539 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 200088 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion.

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Harry Hawkins

Born 1897

British Army 36119 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Frederick A Hawkins

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 10778 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Herbert Hawkins

Died 1914

British Army 6578 Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

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Francis Allen Wilfred Hawkins

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 15208 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 14389 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 14389 Private Welsh Regiment

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Henry Hawkins

Died 1917

British Army 200388 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Edward Hughes Hawkins

Born 1891

Died 1950

British Army 20653 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Kenneth James Hawkins

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 36704 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Tank Corps

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