Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Ernest Hawkins
In memory of:
Driver Ernest Hawkins
July 26, 1916
Military Service
313898
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Army
Canadian Field Artillery
3rd Div. Ammunition Col.
Additional Information
April 23, 1894
Eldest son of Anthony and May Hawkins, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 100 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY
Belgium
IV. B. 18.
VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY is located 5 Km west of Ieper town centre, on the Hospitaalstraat, which is a road leading from the Poperingseweg. (Connecting Ieper to Poperinge). (* Vlamertinge is the modern spelling of Vlamertinghe) From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308), is reached via Elverdingsestraat then straight over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. On reaching the village of Vlamertinge the cemetery is located on the Hospitaalstraat, which is the second right turning after the village church. The VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY lies 50 metres along the Hospitaalstraat on the right hand side of the road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of August 17, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y214uvic#mode/1up. -
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