BORN THORNE, YORKSHIRE, 14/05/1892. HE MARRIED ANNIE QUEST IN 1913. LEFT A WIDOW ANNIE AT 5 ASH GROVE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL . SON OF REBEKAH AND WILLIAM CAWKWELL, OF 4 BEATRICE TERRACE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/10/19. PULLED OVERBOARD IN STRONG GALE MAY 1918. HE DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE BUT HE IS NOT LISTED IN CWGC RECORDS.
The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy (RN). The present Royal Naval Reserve was formed in 1958 by merging the original Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR), a reserve of civilian volunteers founded in 1903.