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Hawes, Uriah
1888 - 1917

Enlistment

  • Enlisted:
  • at Kettering on 26 Oct 1915. Aged 27y
  • Description:
  • height 5ft 8in; weight 126lbs; chest 36½in; vision 6/8 6/8; physical development Good; marks Scar on R Hip & R Shoulder; defects Many teeth missing.
  • Occupation:
  • Shoe Trade
  • Address:
  • 18 King St, Desborough
  • Next of kin:
  • (Father) James Hawes, 18 King St, Desborough

Service history

26 Oct 1915132nd Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps (72544)
27 Aug 1916Embarked from Southampton to Rouen
05 Sep 1916Posted to No.132 Field Ambulance. Field
23 Nov 1916Illness: Admitted No.132 Field Ambulance. Diarrhoeia. Field
27 Nov 1916Discharged hospital
15 Jul 1917Missing believed killed, France. Death presumed by War Office on lapse of time as having occurred on or since 15.7.1917

British War Medal
Victory Medal

List of personal effects


 

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