BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOHN FRANCIS HAWKSWORTH (1861-1917) & EMMA FLINTHAM (1867-1922), OF 3, EBOR TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL 9WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A CORN PORTER. HE HAD ONE YOUNGER BROTHER, GEORGE. HE WORKED AS A SAWMILL LABOURER FOR MESSRS, W.W. RORTH.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EYR. PROMOTED TO LANCE CORPORAL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/03/1918, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON, 01/04/1919. *
HS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S, ST MARK STREET MEMORIAL.
First name:
WILLIAM FRANCIS
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/6184
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
31/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
