The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private L C Hawkins

Private Lewis Charles HAWKINS, G/8561, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd March 1918.

Born Staplehurst, Kent, son of Charles & Fanny Hawkins.

1911 Census - Chapel Cottage, Headcorn, Kent - Charles Hawkins, head, age 74, married, farm labourer, farmer, worker, born East Sutton, Kent; Fanny Hawkins, wife, age 52, married 32 years, 7 children, 4 still alive, born Frittenden, Kent; Walter John Hawkins, son, age 31, single, farm labourer, farmer, worker, born Staplehurst, Kent; Loius Charles Hawkins, son, age 26, farm labourer, farmer, worker, born Staplehurst, Kent; Alfred Hawkins, son, age 21, single, farm labourer, farmer, worker, born Staplehurst, Kent.

1912 June Quarter, Hollingbourne Registration District, Charles Hawkins died aged 75.

1913 December Quarter, Hollingbourne Registration District, Fanny Hawkins married Albert York.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Resided Marden, Kent.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, France.

External Link - Headcorn War Memorial

Photograph by "Les Featherstone"

External Link - Marden War Memorial

Marden War Memorial

Photograph by "Richard Mason"

This page was last updated on 14-Oct-2019.