South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Rifleman A/1643 Joseph HAWTIN - 8th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps 


Killed in Action on Tuesday 6th July 1915 aged 17

Military History
     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
18 May 1915 in France ~ Alcester
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials
Local action on Ypres  September 1914 at Birmingham ~
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
Trenches at Ypres ~  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Joseph is listed as being killed in action on 6 Jul 1915. The very brief war diary entry details him by name along with Ernest Harris. The diary is transcribed in full below as is a report in the Stratford on Avon Herald on 16 Jul 1915 which carries a better account than the war diary:
 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
2 Nov 1897 at Alcester 14 Mar 1900
   
Parents Names Abode
Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Hawtin Evesham Street, Alcester
   
Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History
1897 - Malt Mill Lane, Alcester 1911 - Hook Maker
1901 - Bleachfield Street, Alcester 1914 - Hook Maker
1911 - Bleachfield Street, Alcester  
1915 - Bleachfield Street, Alcester  
   
  • Joseph must have lied about his age when he enlisted as birth records confirm that he was only 17 when he died, nearly a year later.
     

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