Basic Details
Surname
Hawes
Forenames
Harold Austin Edward
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Service number
49293
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 91 Princes Street.

(CWGC records that Sapper H Hawes, regimental number 49293, died aged 26 on 7/12/1918 while serving in 184th Tunneling Company of the Royal Engineers, and is buried near the north wall of the Chancel at Herzele Churchyard in Belgium. They record him as the husband of Beatrice May Hawes of 32 Brook Street, Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Engineers
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Sapper
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Royal Engineers
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Sapper
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Heizele Near Alost
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
December
Day of death
7
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in railway accident 7 December 1918 and buried near Heizele near Alost, France"
Manner of death reference
Other
Personal Details
Address
91, PRINCES STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial