BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOSEPH & ADA ELIZA CAWKWELL, OF 6 ROSEBERY STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL . HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS WHERE HE WORKED AS A MILKMAN FOR MAYPOLE DAIRIES. SERVED AS A LANCE SERGEANT,IN THE 12TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/09/1917, AGED 27.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/10/1917.
HE IS COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHNS CHURCH, NEWLAND, CLOUGH ROAD, HULL.
HIS BROTHER, ERNEST CAWKWELL, SERVED IN THE NAVY DURING THE WAR
First name:
HAROLD
Military Number:
26668
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Date Died
26/09/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
27
6 , ROSEBERY STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
