BORN HULL 31/08/1899. SON OF EVAN & HARRIET HAWKES, OF 5, QUEENS PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND 3, ALBERT TERRACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON A TIMBER CARRIER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 9TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/07/1918, AGED 18. BURIED AT COURMAS CEMETERY, ON THE MARNE. HIS FATHER AND BROTHERS ALSO SERVED.
PHOTOGRAPH LINK BELOW.
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9512?REC=5. Photograph of Private Evan Hawkes (Service Number 92930) of the 9th Durham Light Infantry. His home address in Hull was 5 Queens Place, William Street, Porter Street. He was killed in action in France on 21st July 1918. The photograph is in postcard format, with a few handwritten notes on the back, including the word “Killed” in brackets. Part of a collection relating to Evan Hawkes.
