The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E Hawksworth

Photograph by "Philippe DEGROOTE"

Private Edward HAWKSWORTH, G/15941, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 21st September 1918.

Born Woodford, Essex, son of Ernest & Martha Hawksworth.

5th August 1906, St Mary the Virgin, Little Ilford, Essex, married Elizabeth Danbury, spinster.

Children - Martha Hawksworth, born 6th August 1907; Edward Hawksworth, born 27th April 1911; Alfred Hawksworth, born 26th February 1915, deceased 21st December 1915, West Ham Union Infirmary, age 22 months, pneumonia.

1911 Census - 3 Oxlough Lane, Dagenham, Essex - Edward Hawksworth, head, age 30, married, Flower hawker, pown account, born Woodford, Essex; Elizabeth Hawksworth, wife, age 26, married 5 years, 2 children, 1 still alive, born Stratford, Essex; Martha Hawksworth, daughter, age 3, born Dagenham, Essex; Alfred Denby, boarder, age 17, single, assistant storekeeper, Telephone, worker, born Stratford, Essex.

Enlisted Barking, Essex, age 35, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 115lbs, said to have epileptic fits, not had one in 6 months. Resided 3 Oxlough Lane, Dagenham, Essex / Tenby Road Stratford London E / Fern Cottage Billit Lane, Chadwell Heath, Essex. Formerly labourer, Cape Asbestos Co. Ltd.

Home 12th January 1916 to 2nd October 1916; BEF 3rd October 1916 to 6th April 1917; Home 7th April 1917 to 13th June 1917; BEF 14th June 1917 to 10th August 1917; Home 11th August 1917 to 18th March 1918; BEF 1th March 1918 to 21st September 1918.

12th January 1916, enlisted; 13th January 1916 to Army Reserve; 7th June 1916, mobilized; 9th June 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd October 1916, posted BEF; 3rd October 1918, embarked; 3rd October 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 17th October 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th March 1917, 6 Stationary Hospital, JCT finger; 27th March 1917 to 2A.T.; 28th March 1917, 4 General Hospital, JCT finger; 6th April 1917, to England; 7th April 1917 to 8th April 1917, Fort Pitt Chatham, JCT finger; 8th April 1917 to 24th April 1917, Clovers Hospital, Sittingbourne, JCT finger; 27th May 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th June 1917, posted BEF; 14th June 1917, embarked; 3rd July 1917, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st July 1917, wounded; 2nd August 1917, Etaples, 56 General Hospital, shrapnel wound, thigh; 10th August 1917, to England; 11th August 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th August 1917 to 8th October 1917, Venice Street Aux Military Hospital, attached 1dst Western General Hospital, Liverpool, shrapnel wound, right thigh; 8th October 1917, Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, shrapnel wound, right buttock & chronic bronchitis; 7th December 1917, Shoreham by Sea, overstaying "Special Train Leave" from 12 noon until 7.30pm 13th December 1917, forfeits 14 days pay, 14 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 7 days pay; 27th December 1917, Shoreham by Sea, breaking Camp whilst a Defaulter remaining absent until reporting himself to the Depot Police about 11.00pm on 23rd January 1918, 28 days detention, forfeits 28 days pay; 24th January 1918 to 16th February 1918, 28 days detention remitted by 4 days, to Duty; 3rd March 1918, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th March 1918, Infantry Base Depot "J"; 21st March 1918, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st March 1918, embarked; 1st April 1918, joined 6th Battalion, In the Field; 28th April 1918, attached 87 Company Royal Engineers; 16th May 1918, attached 37 Trench Mortar Battery; 29th May 1918, 12 DRS, ??? right side; 1st June 1918, to Duty.

7th December 1918, Probate - Edward Hawksworth, of 1 Fern Cottages, Padnell Corner, Billit Lane, Chadwell Heath, Essex, died 21st September 1918 in France. Probate London 7th December to Henry Charles Hawksworth, builder. Effects £770 10s 6d.

1st June 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 29/- a week will cease.

7th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow - Emily Scarborough, (formerly Hawksworth), 1 Fern Cottages, Padnell Corner, Billit Lane, Chadwell Heath; Children - Martha Hawksworth, born 6th August 1907; Edward Hawksworth, born 27th April 1911; Father, , deceased; Mother Martha Hawksworth, deceased; Brothers - NIL; Sisters - NIL; Aunts / Uncles - NIL; Nephews / Nieces - NIL.

Buried at Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, V. B. 2., Epehy, France.

This page was last updated on 04-Jul-2021.