Name
Charles Francis Hawkins
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/04/1915
35
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
Royal Field Artillery
46th Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE
IV. F. 3.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 16 Jan 1880 in Amoy, China son of the Rev. William Webster and Kate (Leyburn) Hawkins. Educated at Haileybury College 1894-97. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 17 Mar 1900 from the militia, Lieutenant 3 Apr 1901. Served in South Africa 1901-2. Promoted to Captain 20 Mar 1909. He was unmarried.
Wartime Service
Promoted to Major on 30 Oct 1914. Entered France in Aug 1914 and was killed in action near Bethune.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
