BORN HULL 1887. SON OF THOMAS CAWKWELL. HUSBAND OF ELEANOR M. CAWKWELL, OF 14 BERKSHIRE STREET, OFF BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO WAR, HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MR ED. RUSSELL, BUILDER, OF HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN MAY 1916. SERVED AS A SAPPER, IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 17/09/1917, AGED 29.
“HE WAS A VERY GOOD SOLDIERHE AND EXCELLENT COMRADE TO US ALL.” HE LEFT A WIDOW TO MOURN HIS LOSS.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 23/10/1917, 27/10/17, 26/09/1918 & 26/09/1919.
HIS THREE BROTHERS SERVED.
First name:
HENRY (HARRY)
Regiment:
Military Number:
176709
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
17/09/1917
Place died:
Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
29
14 BERKSHIRE STREET, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
