BORN HULL 14/10/1883. SON OF ARTHUR HAWCROFT (1857-1887) & EMMA LOUISE BROOKBANKS (1860-1932) AT THIS ADDRESS. A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN 1906. HIS WIFE, RACHEL HAWCROFT, LIVED AT 10 RICHMOND TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED HULL IN THE 3RD HULL PALS, THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE SERVED IN EGYPT AND ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT HOME, ON 18/12/1916, AGED 33. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
HIS BROTHER WALTER ALSO SERVED AND SURVIVED THE WAR. HE LEFT BROTHER HENRY, AND SISTERS, CLARA AND ALICE.
First name:
HARRY
Military Number:
12/377
Rank:
Private
Date Died
18/12/1916
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
33
3 BALMORAL TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
