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Private SAMUEL JOHN HAWKES

Service Number: 25943
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 October 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL ANGLO-FRENCH CEMETERY

I. F. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Caroline Hawkes, of Mount Pleasant, Mary St, Bovey tracey; Husband of Amelia Bessie Hawkes, of 2, White Heather Terrace, Bovey Tracey.
  • Personal Inscription R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL ANGLO-FRENCH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 600
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