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Lance Corporal HARRY AUSTIN HAWKINS

Service Number: 5692
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 March 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

III. C. 43.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Emma Lucy Hawkins; husband of Winifred Agnes Hawkins, of 10, Garth St., Kenfig Hill, Bridgend. Native of Kenfig Hill.
  • Personal Inscription HIS WAS A NOBLE SACRIFICE OURS A BITTER LOSS
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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